Coward

About Coward

Surrounded by brutality but bound by tenderness, two World War I soldiers find a fragile sanctuary of love and art amid the shadows of the Belgian trenches.

Lukas Dhont's Coward is a 2026 romance war film. Released in October 2026, it runs 120 minutes.

Emmanuel Macchia appears as Pierre, Valentin Campagne as Francis, Jef Jacobs as Jozef Stevens, and Willem De Schryver as Jacobs. The screenplay is by Angelo Tijssens and Lukas Dhont. Production companies include Proximus, RTBF, and VTM.