

Adrien has become incredibly emotionally distant from others due to his mother Emilie's passing. While attempting to escape, Marinette runs into model Adrien Agreste and develops a crush on him.

In spite of sparking a friendship with another student, Alya Césaire, Marinette finds herself desperately attempting to avoid the wrath of rich girl Chloé Bourgeois. Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a socially anxious teenager, goes to school trying to avoid being noticed. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation and action sequences, but criticized the simplistic screenplay and story, and lack of originality. Internationally, it was released theatrically from the same date onwards in select regions, and was released on 28 July 2023 on Netflix in others. Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie premiered at the Grand Rex on 11 June 2023, and was released in France on 5 July 2023, by SND. On a budget of €80 million, it is currently the second most expensive French film ever made. It is the second theatrical film based on a TF1 TFOU animated series after the 2009 film Totally Spies! The Movie. The film was animated by Mediawan's ON Animation Studios in Montreal, Canada. Zag also serves as a producer through ZAG Studios with Mediawan, both under The Awakening Production banner, with SND, the latter also serving as distributor. Jeremy Zag was confirmed as director and co-writer with Bettina Lopez Mendoza. The film was announced in 2018, but production began in 2019, with confirmation that the plot will explore the origins of the franchise. It is the adaptation of the animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, it follows two Parisian teenagers, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, who transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, respectively, to protect the city from supervillains led by Hawk Moth.

Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie ( French: Miraculous, le film), also titled Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie in some territories, is a 2023 French 3D computer-animated musical romantic superhero film directed and co-written by Jeremy Zag.
