Get the latest gossip

Bull Running Drama ‘Animale,’ Cannes Critics’ Week Closing Night Film, Unveils First Clip (EXCLUSIVE)


A first clip has been unveiled for Emma Benestan's 'Animale,' which closes the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week strand this year.

The film is set in the Camargue region of the south of France, where daring youths participate in the local tradition of bull running. But both situations put Nejma at risk, as a different threat looms over the community of riders: a bull is on the loose and young men are being killed. In ‘Animale,’ I placed a woman protagonist in a male environment, in a genre typically more associated with masculinity — the Western, Benestan says in the film’s press notes.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety