Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

1984 · 63 min · EN · NR · 4.9 (81 votes)
Dir. David Cronenberg · Starring Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty, Paul Mulholland, Jack Messinger, Iain Ewing
ComedyScience Fiction

Crimes of the Future is set in a future where sexually mature women appear to have been obliterated by a plague produced by the use of cosmetics. The film details the wanderings of Adrian Tripod, director of the dermatological clinic the House of Skin. Tripod seems at a loss following the disappearance of his mentor Antoine Rouge.

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A deeply unsettling and bizarre journey into a decaying future. It's a philosophical, body-horror-infused exploration of humanity's obsession with physical form and societal decay. Prepare for the grotesque and the profoundly strange.

dystopianabsurdistbleakunsettlingslow-burn Cronenbergian body horrorarthouse sci-fiphilosophicalgrotesquebody horrorexistential dreadsocietal collapsegender roles
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