Pola X

Pola X

1999 · 134 min · FR · 5.6 (108 votes)
Dir. Leos Carax · Starring Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Chuillot, Laurent Lucas, Patachou · Music Scott Walker

“An erotically charged descent into madness.”

DramaRomance

A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.

VIBE

A disquieting descent into primal urges and fractured family dynamics. This film is a challenging, atmospheric exploration of desire and identity, marked by its raw, confrontational style.

unsettlingbroodingmelancholicintenseslow-burnarthouseprovocativeEuropean cinemaexperimentalidentitydesirefamilytaboo
based on novel or bookupper classincestliterary adaptationnew french extremismbrother sister sexindependent filmromantic dramaerotic drama