Robinson, appropriately named as we will soon discover, is on vacation in Biarritz with his wife. What follows is the story behind the loss of his arm, a story that becomes increasingly bizarre and eventually apocalyptic, leading us down a narrative path of labyrinthine complexity. The resulting film is an extraordinary feat of imagination and daring, set against the backdrop of a world on the verge of destruction.
Direction
Larrieu brothers weaponize whimsy against doom.
Acting
Amalric's armless unraveling is physical poetry.
Writing
Dialogue that dances around apocalypse, never names it.
Director
Arnaud Larrieu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Larrieu brothers shot the Biarritz sequences during an actual G8 summit protest, incorporating real chaos into their fictional apocalypse.
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