{"id":15187,"date":"2023-11-09T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2025-05-27T22:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:16:55","slug":"the-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-animal-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ANIMAL KINGDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15916\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-animal-kingdom-1-600x889-1-236x350.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-animal-kingdom-1-600x889-1-236x350.webp 236w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-animal-kingdom-1-600x889-1.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #660084; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">THE ANIMAL\u00a0KINGDOM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 2024\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 117&#8242;\u00a0 &#8211; Drama, SCI-FI, Thriller, Coming of Age.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Written by:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Thomas Cailley and Pauline Munier.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Thomas Cailley.<br \/>\nStarring:\u00a0Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos, Tom Mercier, Billlie Blain, Xavier Aubert.<br \/>\nOfficial Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023, Opening Film Un Certain\u00a0Regard competition.<br \/>\n<strong>Winner 5 C\u00e9sar Awards 2024: Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn French with English subtitles.<br \/>\nA Magnolia Pictures release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">In the near future, a mysterious phenomenon strikes humanity and unexplained mutations gradually transform parts of the population into human-animal hybrids. The creatures, considered a threat by many, are sent to a specialized centre in an attempt to stop their mutations from progressing and to control their apparent violent tendencies. When a convoy bringing hybrids to a new facility crashes in a forest, paranoia spreads in the local community as the surviving creatures scatter into the wild. Fran\u00e7ois and his 16-year-old son Emile embark on a desperate search for his missing wife Lena who disappeared after the crash. As Fran\u00e7ois clings to the family\u2019s past, he progressively loses his grip on Emile, who has started to notice transformations in his own body, leaving his fate increasingly uncertain. But as he secretly bonds with creatures he met in the forest, Emile opens his eyes to their humanity, leaving him and his father forever changed as the authorities close in.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnetreleasing.com\/theanimalkingdom\/watch-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH NOW<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ANIMAL\u00a0KINGDOM | 2024\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 117&#8242;\u00a0 &#8211; Drama, SCI-FI, Thriller, Coming of Age. Written by:\u00a0Thomas Cailley and Pauline Munier. Directed by:\u00a0Thomas Cailley. Starring:\u00a0Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos, Tom Mercier, Billlie Blain, Xavier Aubert. Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023, Opening Film Un Certain\u00a0Regard competition. 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