Almost three years after it was first announced and with radio silence since then, “June & John” — Luc Besson’s secret project that he shot during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020 — has re-emerged with guns blazing (literally). Variety can exclusively reveal a trailer and posters for the feature that appear to take the French director back to the slick and stylized filmmaking that would first make his name.

“June & John,” which will have its market premiere at the European Film Market in Berlin on Thursday, is described as a “love story for the ages,” and stars newcomers Matilda Price and Luke Stanton Eddy. Kinology — which first introduced the project to buyers at the 2022 edition of Cannes — is handling sales and says several distributors have already committed to releasing the film in spring 2025.

The plot — which had remained under wraps until now — follows John, a young man stuck in a monotonous routine,...