2023-08-29 18:33:05
By Max White
Posted yesterday at 6:11 p.m., Updated yesterday at 6:33 p.m.
Romain Duris, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Paul Kircher, all three starring in the film Le Règne animal, during the climb of the steps in Cannes on May 18, 2023. LOIC VENANCE / AFP
After nine years of absence, the talented French filmmaker (Les Combattants) returns to the fore by unveiling the first excerpts from his second film, applauded three months ago on the Croisette.
Presented at the beginning of the section In some perspective at Cannes 2023, the second film by the talented Thomas Cailley hits theaters on October 4. After seducing the Croisette, the director unveiled yesterday the first trailer intended for the general public.
Original and daring, The Animal Kingdom imagine a world where some humans turn into animals. THE “ critters” are parked in observation centres. Cailley masters hybridization like a Bong Joon-ho. Between humor and fantasy, The Animal Kingdom and its fabulous bestiary brilliantly condense contemporary anxieties (destruction of life, pandemic, migration). At the heart of this mutation, we find the relationship between a father and his son, a universal theme superbly revisited here. In the skin of the teenager, Paul Kircher and his singular charm impress. As a worried and protective father, Romain Duris finds one of his finest roles. Two beasts of the stage for a film that has dog.
A filmmaker revealed in 2014
Nine years earlier, Thomas Cailley had already burst the screen with his first feature film The fighters , a successful attempt at a survivalist comedy. This one depicts the meeting between Arnaud, a shy and clumsy young man charged, despite himself, with taking over the family business and Madeleine, a girl of her stubborn age, and convinced that the apocalypse can come at any moment. to the other.
In addition to awards gleaned from numerous festivals – including the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes – the film was 9 times at the 2015 Césars and won three cuts: Best Actress for Adèle Haenel, Best Male Newcomer for Kévin Azaïs and of course that of the best first film for Thomas Cailley.
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