THE SWARM
| 2020 – 101′ – Drama, Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Nature & Environment.
Written by: Jérôme Genevray, Franck Victor.
Directed by: Just Philippot.
Starring: Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne, Raphaël Romand, Victor Bonnel, Vincent Deniard, Stephan Castang, Guillaume Bursztyn.
Official Selection Critics Week Cannes 2020. 2021 Cesar Award Nomination (First Feature Film).
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |
Virginie lives on a farm with her children Laura (15) and Gaston (7) and raises locusts as a high-protein crop. Life is hard: money worries and practical problems are piling up, tensions with her kids and neighbors are running high. But everything changes when she discovers the locusts have a taste for blood.