PREVIEW: Bloody Oranges (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Denis Podalydès (La Belle Époque), Blanche Gardin (Delete History), Christophe Paou (Happy End), Alexandre Steiger (Alice and the Mayor), Vincent Dedienne (The Rose Maker), Olivier Saladin (Apnée), Lorella Cravotta (Amélie), Lilith Grasmug (Sophia Antipolis)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jean-Christophe Meurisse (Apnée), director, writer; Yohann Gloaguen (film debut) and Amélie Philippe (film debut), writers; Marine Bergere (film debut), Romain Daubeach (film debut) and Alice Girard (Happening), producers; Javier Ruiz Gomez (Fantastic World), cinematographer; Flora Volpelière (Les Misérables), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Retired couple Olivier (Saladin) and Laurence (Cravotta) enter a local dance competition to solve their towering debt. Government official Stéphane Lemarchand (Paou) is suspected of tax fraud. Sexually curious teenager Louise (Grasmug) strikes up a perverted conversation with her OB-GYN (Gardin). Eventually, these seemingly unconnected stories cross over in dark, unexpected ways…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This bizarre French film from filmmaker Jean-Christophe Meurisse seems at first to be a pretty clever satire, but then it takes a turn that needs to be seen to be believed.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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