Paper Tiger follows two brothers as they try to achieve the American dream, only to become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true.

The film’s synopsis reads: “As they try to navigate their way through an ever-more dangerous world of corruption and violence, they find themselves and their family brutally terrorized by the Russian ‘Mafiya.’ Their bond begins to fray, and betrayal — once utterly unthinkable — now becomes all too possible.”

The casting reunites Johansson and Driver after 2019’s Marriage Story, for which they both earned Oscar nominations.

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“Paper Tiger” was expected to be in Cannes Fest competition. The festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux told Variety he hopes the film will be added later on and compared with Gray’s first film, Little Odessa.

Beloved in France, Gray has a strong bond with Cannes, having already presented five films there, including “Armageddon Time,” “The Immigrant,” “Two Lovers,” “We Own the Night” and “The Yards.” He also sat on Cannes’ jury in 2009, the year it was presided over by Isabelle Huppert.