THE VOURDALAK
| 2024 – 95′ – Horror, Drama, Fantasy.
Written by: Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier.
Based on the Book by: Alexei Tolstoi.
Directed by: Adrien Beau.
Starring: Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin, Vassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie, Erwan Ribard, Adrien Beau.
Official Selection: Venice International Film Festival 2023 (International Critics’ Week).
In French with English subtitles.
An Oscilloscope Laboratories release. |
When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha. But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full-fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself…Adapted from a novella that predates Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ by over half a century, ‘The Vourdalak’ is an atmospheric, unexpected, sensorial experience that will leave you reeling and giddy in equal measure.