BLOODY ORANGES
| 2021 – 102′ – Comedy, Horror – +17
Written by: Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe, Yohann Gloaguen.
Directed by: Jean-Christophe Meurisse.
Starring: Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Paou, Denis Podalydès, Blanche Gardin, Lilith Grasmug, Guilaine Londez, Vincent Dedienne, Pascal Tagnati, Olivier Saladin.
World Premiere Cannes International Film Festival 2021 (Midnight Screening).
Official Competition COLCOA 2021
In French with English subtitles.
A Dark Star Pictures release.|
The old world is dying, the new world struggles to be born: Now is the time of monsters.” Not for the faint of heart, Bloody Oranges begins as a cerebral satirical commentary on French society and political correctness, with a patchwork of vignettes weaving together the tales of an indebted retired couple eager to win a rock ‘n’ roll dance contest, a social-climbing lawyer, a tax-evading minister of economy, and a teenage girl determined to lose her virginity. But midway through the picture, it takes a sudden swerve into the realm of the unspeakable. A brutal, extremely black comedy, gleefully upping the stakes on our tolerance for violence, it’s not surprising that the film nabbed a Midnight Screening slot at Cannes in 2021.