IFC Films is proud to present THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, a darkly entertaining thriller from queer writer and director Sébastien Marnier (SCHOOL’S OUT, FAULTLESS).
The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival and went on to garner further acclaim at notable fests including Toronto, BFI London, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema and Frameline’s LGBTQ+ Intl. Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. The film will open in select theaters and on demand on Friday 22 September 2023.
In this diabolical Hitchockian thriller, a working class woman named Stéphane (marvelously played by Laure Calamy of Call My Agent!) is on the brink of ruin, with her girlfriend (Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways) behind bars, her factory job driving her mad, and her living situation influx.
When Stéphane gets in touch with wealthy Serge (Jacques Weber), announcing that she is his long-abandoned daughter, his immediate family are none too thrilled. As Stéphane embarks on an extended visit in hopes of getting to know Serge, she also becomes entangled with the hostile women who share a tense existence in his beautifully appointed mansion by the sea: the restaurateur’s wife (Dominique Blanc), his other daughter (Doria Tillier), a rebellious granddaughter (Céleste Brunnquell), and a strangely off-putting housemaid, all of whom are clearly unsettled by the arrival of Serge’s newly announced heir.
But Stéphane is a confident liar with secrets of her own, which writer-director Sébastien Marnier teases out with cool assurance in this wildly entertaining thriller that will keep you guessing all the way to the end.
Watch the clip from The Origin Of Evil below –
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