Animal Kingdom, a rousing study of a Melbourne crime family from first-time filmmaker David Michod, cast Weaver as Smurf, the seemingly maternal matriarch who will turn homicidal when crossed.

Mesrine, a two-part, four-hour biography of the notorious French bank robber, jail breaker and killer Jacques Mesrine, has already earned Vincent Cassel the Best Actor César for his mesmerizing portrait of France's one-time Public Enemy No. 1.