Like the opening film Les Fantômes, it's a French film that will be responsible for closing Critics' Week 2024, the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival that showcases first and second works in a filmmaker's career. Emma Benestan's Animale will bring the 63rd edition of Critics' Week to a close on May 23.
Nejma is training hard to realize her dream and win the next Camargue race, a contest in which bulls are challenged in the arena. But while the season is in full swing, a number of suspicious disappearances worry the locals. Word soon spreads that a wild beast is on the prowl...
To carry this intriguing script, Emma Benestan thought ofactress Oulaya Amamra, who is no stranger to the Cannes Film Festival, having previously presented Divines, which won the Caméra d'Or in 2016. She was also part of the cast of Romain Gavras' Le monde est à toi, selected in 2018 at the Directors' Fortnight.
After her romantic comedy Fragile, Emma Benestan turns to genre cinema!
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for Critics' Week
The selection for Critics' Week has been revealed, and it promises to be devilishly exciting. In all, 11 feature films will be unveiled during Cannes 2024! [Read more]
The Cannes Film Festival returns to the Croisette for its 77th edition from May 14 to 25, 2024. Click here for all the latest news and information! [Read more]
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for Critics' Week
Cannes Festival 2024: The latest news and information about the 77th edition
