
Sentinelle
Synopsis
Klara who is thirty-three years old. She is an interpreter in the French Army. After experiencing the horrors of war in Syria, she was transferred to Nice as part of Operation Sentinel. There, with her mother and her sister Tania, she tries to rebuild herself. But one evening, after going to a nightclub, Tania is found half-dead on the beach. She was raped and beaten up. Klara will then do everything to find the attackers and avenge her sister. This merciless hunt will lead her in the footsteps of Yvan Kadnikov, the son of a powerful Russian oligarch of the French Riviera.
Production Budget Analysis
What was the production budget for Sentinelle?
Directed by Julien Leclercq, with Olga Kurylenko, Marilyn Lima, Michel Nabokoff leading the cast, Sentinelle was produced by Labyrinthe Films with a confirmed budget of $6,500,000, placing it in the micro-budget category for thriller films.
At $6,500,000, Sentinelle was produced on a modest budget. Lower-budget films benefit from reduced break-even thresholds, with profitability achievable at approximately $16,250,000.
Budget Comparison — Similar Productions
• Do the Right Thing (1989): Budget $6,500,000 | Gross $37,300,000 → ROI: 474% • Shame (2011): Budget $6,500,000 | Gross $3,909,002 → ROI: -40% • Men (2022): Budget $6,500,000 | Gross $11,152,071 → ROI: 72% • Crash (2005): Budget $6,500,000 | Gross $98,400,000 → ROI: 1414% • The Terminator (1984): Budget $6,400,000 | Gross $78,371,200 → ROI: 1125%
Key Budget Allocation Categories
▸ Talent & Director Compensation Thrillers depend on compelling lead performances to sustain tension, making cast compensation a primary budget concern. Directors with proven thriller credentials command premium fees.
▸ Cinematography & Location Photography Thriller aesthetics demand specific visual languages — surveillance-style photography, claustrophobic framing, or expansive location work across multiple cities or countries.
▸ Editorial & Sound Post-Production Precision editing — controlling information flow, building suspense through pacing, and orchestrating reveals — requires extended post-production schedules.
Key Production Personnel
CAST: Olga Kurylenko, Marilyn Lima, Michel Nabokoff, Martin Swabey, Carole Weyers Key roles: Olga Kurylenko as Klara; Marilyn Lima as Tania; Michel Nabokoff as Leonid Kadnikov; Martin Swabey as Lieutenant Eric Jaubert
DIRECTOR: Julien Leclercq CINEMATOGRAPHY: Brecht Goyvaerts MUSIC: Charles Monnet EDITING: Soline Guyonneau PRODUCTION: Labyrinthe Films FILMED IN: France
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Sentinelle (2021). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: N/A









































































































































































































































































































Budget Templates
Build your own production budget
Create professional budgets with industry-standard feature film templates. Real-time collaboration, no spreadsheets.
Start Budgeting Free
