Story
A strong feminist manifesto combining the genres Western and Body Horror: Animale portrays a young woman trying to find her place in a world dominated by men and in doing so skilfully playing with the metaphor of the beast. The Camargue is famed for its traditional bull-fights. Here, 22-year old Nejma is training for an upcoming competition, the only woman among many men. The season is well underway when the news of a stray bull terrifies the local community. Young men are dying brutally, but the beast is nowhere to be found.
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Director
EMMA BENESTAN (*1988 in France) is a French-Algerian director. Her romantic comedy Fragile (2021) was well received by the critics. In 2021, she made the documentary Fearless Girl about the bull-fighter Marie Segrétier.Info
Animale
Fiction Feature
French
Voilà! | FF2024
Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia
2024
100 min
OV with German and English subtitles
Emma Benestan
Emma Benestan
Oulaya Amamra, Damien Rebattel, Vivien Rodriguez, Claude Chaballier
Julie Billy, Naomi Denamur, Cassandre Warnauts, Jean-Yves Roubin
Ruben Impens
Anne Dupouy, Gert Janssen, Aïda Merghoub, Emmanuel De Boissieu
Clémence Diard
Yan Wagner
Eve Martin
Fabienne Menguy
Christophe Hermans
PLAION PICTURES
Film Constellation
June Films
Frakas Productions
PLAION PICTURES, Katharina Günther: k.guenther@plaion.com
Tags
MemoriesFamily and RelationshipsFrancophoneGenreAdolescenceMotherNatureFemale DirectorsAnimals