The origins of Evil
(L'origine du mal)
Sébastien Marnier
- 2022
- France, Canada
- Drama / Thriller
- 2h02mn
- French
- Color
French premiere
Stéphane, a shy and humble young woman, tracks down the father she's never known, a tired aging businessman, who invites her to live in his luxury villa on the seafront, where she meets his new family...
After his bewitching School's Out, Sébastien Marnier assumes his taste for anomaly invading everyday life until it breaks down. Opposed to a heroine thrust into the unknown like a frightened animal, the bizarre is here embodied by an eccentric and disturbing bourgeois family. Duplicity, make believe and imposture are at the center of a cruel and elegant direction, and of a story tinted with shades of Patricia Highsmith and Daphné Du Maurier. At the summit of an exceptionally well directed group of actors, Laure Calamy reigns... until the last mindblowing shot.
Screenings
12/09 • 21h30 • Screen 500
In the presence of the team
13/09 • 19h00 • Screen 500
Credits
- With : Laure Calamy, Doria Tillier, Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc, Suzanne Clément, Céleste Brunnquell...
- Screenplay : Sébastien Marnier
- Photography : Romain Carcanade
- Editing : Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin, Valentin Féron
- Music by : Philippe Brault, Pierre Lapointe
- Production : Caroline Bonmarchand
