Titane

"'Titane' is certainly one of the most provocative - and we can say, one of the strangest - films of the 2021/22 world cinema season. That's why it's not a feature film for everyone. Now, don't be fooled: all this is indeed a quality. Director Julia Ducournau (from 'Raw') builds a movie that traverses between terror, suspense and drama, surprising the viewer - whether with powerful imagery or with a complete change in the direction of the story. In this way, we have a film with a distorted, even disturbed vision, touching on themes such as hatred and disconnection from others, traumas, paternal love, motherhood, gender identity and fetishism - whether for the perfect body, for cars or even for fire. For all this, 'Titane' is one of those works that will make you reflect for a long time, without suffering from the ephemerality of more commercial productions. Highlight for the great presence of Vincent Lindon ('The Value of a Man'), one of the most recognized faces of current French cinema, and for the powerful performance of Agathe Rousselle, who, even debuting in a feature film, manages to traverse very well all the themes and changes of course of the script. Not surprisingly, it won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival."