Animale

Animale (2024)

Camargue, France - Nejma trains hard to win the local bullfighting competition. When she is mauled after a celebration, she starts to notice disturbing changes. News of a rogue bull on the loose terrifies the community, killing young men.

Date of release
2024-09-20
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (58)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Director
Emma Benestan

Casting

Interesting facts

Animale is a 2024 fantasy drama film written and directed by Emma Benestan. It stars Oulaya Amamra as Nejma, a young woman seeking to establish herself in the traditionally male-dominated world of Camargue bull racing. The film incorporates elements of the Western and horror genres.

Production and release

Animale is Benestan's second feature film after Hard Shell, Soft Shell (2021). Before making the film, she had directed two short documentaries and a radio fiction project dealing with the Camargue and its bull culture.

The film was produced by June Films and Frakas Productions. Ruben Impens served as cinematographer, Clémence Diard as editor and Yan Wagner composed the music.

Following its Cannes premiere, the film screened at several international festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival.

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