Evolution — International Trailer

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added: Thu, Apr 7th '16

Do you like your foreign movies to be strange, weird and a little bit creepy? Well, look no further than this atmospheric mystery thriller from French filmmaker Lucile Hadzihalilovic (2004's Innocence).

Set on a secluded island run by women and where young boys are subjected to medical experiments, "Evolution" made a strong impression last year at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it picked up a couple of Jury Prize awards for director Hadzihalilovic and cinematographer Manuel Dacosse.

The film certainly contains some striking and unsettling visuals, judging by the movie's newly released international trailer (watch it above). It's pretty safe to say -- this one seems destined for cult status.

Also co-written by Hadzihalilovic, who helped write her filmmaking husband, Gaspar Noe's provocative cult movie "Enter the Void," "Evolution" will be released in the U.K. in May, with a U.S. release to follow.

synopsis:
10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother on a remote island, in a village inhabited solely by women and young boys. In a hospital overlooking the ocean, all the boys are subjected to a mysterious medical treatment. Only Nicolas questions what is happening around him. He senses that his mother is lying to him, and is determined to find out what she does with the other women at night, on the beach… What he discovers is the beginning of a nightmare into which he is helplessly drawn. But in Stella, a young nurse at the hospital, Nicolas finds an unexpected ally.

 

directed by   Lucile Hadzihalilovic

starring   Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier

release date   May 6, 2016 (UK)

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