The Origin of Evil

The Story

In this wickedly funny French thriller, shady relatives scheme for family fortunes.Stéphane’s volatile lover is halfway through her prison sentence while she’s stuck working in a fish cannery. One day Stéphane boldly decides to reach out to her wealthy, estranged father. Stéphane discovers the dysfunctional family around him to be a vipers’ nest, all angling for the old man’s inheritance and suspicious of the new interloper. Soon enough, she finds herself embroiled in devious hidden agendas during a ruthless fight for the family empire in a luxury seaside French villa.Who’s the predator and who’s the prey?

Rating

MA 15

Duration

123 min

Cast

Suzanne Clément, Laure Calamy, Clotilde Mollet, Dominique Blanc, Doria Tillier, Jacques Weber, Céleste Brunnquell, Naidra Ayadi, Véronique Ruggia

Director

Sébastien Marnier