PREVIEW: Teddy (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Anthony Bajon (Rodin), Christine Gautier (film debut), Ludovic Torrent (film debut), Guillaume Mattera (film debut), Jean-Michel Ricart (film debut), Alain Boitel (film debut), Noémie Lvovsky (Camille Rewinds)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ludovic Boukherma (Willy 1er) and Zoran Boukherma (Willy 1er), directors, writers, editors; Pierre-Louis Garnon (Yo! Pékin), producer; Amaury Chabauty (Vendeur), composer; Augustin Barbaroux (Breath of Life), cinematographer; Beatrice Herminie (Bacon on the Side), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In a small French town, twentysomething loner Teddy (Bajon) is scratched by a beast in the nearby woods, which the angry farmers have been chasing for some time. Soon, Teddy finds himself overcome with animalistic urges, and slowly undergoes some terrifying changes…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This low-key French horror from sibling filmmakers Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma might not exactly reinvent the werewolf movie, but it gives the subgenre a deliciously dry new spin.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 5TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

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