The French comedy Second Act, starring Léa Seydoux, will open the Cannes Film Festival on 14 May, the organisers have announced.
Playing outside of the competition for the Palme d'Or, it is the latest from the prolific director Quentin Dupieux.
The 49-year-old filmmaker has established himself as a star of absurdist comedies with 13 films in 17 years but may be better known internationally as electronic music star Mr Oizo.
Second Act also stars two big names of French cinema, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel.
The festival, which runs from 14 to 25 May, has in recent years selected French films as openers, which are simultaneously released nationwide in France.
The full selection will be announced on 11 April, including the films competing for the top prize, the Palme d'Or, which will face a jury led by Barbie director Greta Gerwig.
It is already known that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the latest instalment of the post-apocalyptic franchise, will receive its world premiere at the festival, playing out of competition.
There have been persistent rumours that Cannes could see the return of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola with his long-gestating epic Megalopolis starring Adam Driver.
Also tipped for an appearance is the latest team-up between Emma Stone, director Yorgos Lanthimos, and the Dublin-based Element Pictures - Kinds of Kindness - which arrives just weeks after their Academy Awards success with Poor Things. Its wins included a Best Actress Oscar for Stone.
The competition can give a major boost for arthouse films such as last year's winner Anatomy of a Fall, which went on to win an avalanche of awards, including Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars.
Source: AFP
