A hot French summer, missing lovers, and a predator in the woods—who's really hunting who?
It's summer, somewhere in the Dordogne, young people disappear. The wildest rumors circulate, we are talking about a feline prowling. Laura, seeks to elucidate the mystery and meets Paul, a strange writer who attracts him as much as he scares her. As they get closer, a lover spurned by Laura disappears in turn.
Acting
Lafitte's slippery charm masks malice brilliantly.
Cinematography
Golden Dordogne light curdles into something sickly.
Director
Vincent Mariette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mariette co-wrote the script during a heatwave, which explains the film's sticky, suffocating atmosphere.
The feline metaphor deliberately echoes 1970s French rural horror like 'Les Rendez-vous d'Anna,' but swaps political unease for gendered threat.
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