Tom Cruise Transformed in Iñárritu's Oil Tycoon Satire 'Digger'

Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film "Digger" casts Tom Cruise as a hirsute, pot-bellied oil magnate willing to do anything to expand his fortune, a departure from his usual heroic roles. The satire of the contemporary world is the focus of a cinema-themed episode of France 24's "À l'Affiche," presented by Louise Dupont and Thomas Baurez and published on 30 September 2026. The program also covers "Notre salut," directed by Emmanuel Marre, which won the screenplay prize at the most recent Cannes Film Festival. Drawing on the correspondence of the director's great-grandparents, the film follows a low-ranking civil servant under the Vichy regime and questions the responsibility of ordinary people in the face of collaboration. Belgian actress Sandrine Blancke, who plays his wife Paulette, is the episode's guest. A third release, "Mémoire de fille," is directed by Judith Godrèche and adapts Annie Ernaux's autobiographical account of her eighteenth year and first sexual relationships. The episode is accompanied by a related France 24 segment titled "Judith Godrèche à Cannes: 'Le cinéma participe à une révolution des mœurs.'"