Le Règne animal
The Animal Kingdom
Cork Premiere
Date & Time: Wednesday 6th at 8:30pm
Details: Thomas Cailley / France / 2023 / 128 mins
Starring: Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Adèle Exarchopoulos
A mysterious malady is sweeping France, unlocking something at a genetic level that causes people to transform into hybrid creatures. The mutations are slow and unpredictable: one person might sprout feathers, developing wings, while another grows scales and slithers like a snake. Through it all, 16-year-old Émile and his father, François, are just trying to stay calm, which isn’t easy when something akin to a zombie apocalypse is affecting the country.
This riveting adventure explores themes of ecology, tolerance of diversity and how communities cope with massive, uncontrollable, natural disasters.
“Rippling with visual invention” Screen International
“A highly original sci-fi film that serves as an empathetic parable for real-life intolerance of physical and neurological otherness.” Little White Lies