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- 2023
- R
- IFC Films
- 2 h 3 m
- 2023
- R
- IFC Films
- 2 h 3 m
Summary When Stephané reconnects with her estranged billionaire father, she struggles to find her place in a world of luxury, bitter jealousies, and dark family secrets. But Stephané also has her own secret to hide.
Directed By: Sébastien Marnier
Written By: Fanny Burdino, Sébastien Marnier
- 2023
- R
- IFC Films
- 2 h 3 m
- 2023
- R
- IFC Films
- 2 h 3 m
The Origin of Evil
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Summary When Stephané reconnects with her estranged billionaire father, she struggles to find her place in a world of luxury, bitter jealousies, and dark family secrets. But Stephané also has her own secret to hide.
Directed By: Sébastien Marnier
Written By: Fanny Burdino, Sébastien Marnier
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
68
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It’s a feast for the eye and for the mind, done in a nonchalant way that would make the most seasoned filmmakers jealous.
Abounding with nasty women, The Origin of Evil could have easily been flattened by the weight of a feminist objective. Untethered from such neat messaging, this decadent murder-movie takes the online credo, “be gay, do crimes,” and runs with it — to delicious results.
The Origin of Evil is ultimately Calamy’s show as a calculating and desperate woman seeking love and acceptance in all the wrong places.
The web spun by The Origin of Evil arguably features one twist too many, but the viewer is in for more than a pound by the time it happens. Largely thanks to Calamy’s rock-solid performance.
A rich and powerful patriarch faces the end with a household full of women scheming against him in “The Origin of Evil,” a clever and twisty French thriller that’s a little bit “King Lear” and a little bit more “Sucession.”
Without a doubt this is easy entertainment, never dull, and it has some shrewd things to say about class and money – though the satire might have been sharper and the running time shorter by a good 20 minutes.
The Origin of Evil recalls Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness for how its prolonged, soft-peddled skewering of the wealthy seems convinced of its Buñuelian irreverence.
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Production Company
Avenue B Productions,
micro_scope,
Poison Productions,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
Région des Pays-de-la-Loire,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Cinécap 4,
Cinéaxe 3,
Cofinova 17,
Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC),
Téléfilm Canada,
Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision,
Gestion SODEC,
The Harold Greenberg Fund,
Crédit d'Impôt pour la Production Cinématographique ou Magnétoscopique Canadienne
Release Date Sep 22, 2023
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating R
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
• 1 Nomination
