The Empire

The Empire

2024 · 110 min · FR · 4.9 (106 votes)
Dir. Bruno Dumont · Starring Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini, Brandon Vlieghe, Julien Manier

“Cosmic convergence.”

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In a quiet fishing village on northern France's Opal Coast, the birth of a peculiar child sparks a hidden war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

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This film offers a dryly comedic and absurd journey, blending small-town mundanity with cosmic conflict. It feels witty and derisive, with a peculiar charm that subverts genre expectations. Expect a cynical, character-driven exploration of good, evil, and the sheer oddity of it all, wrapped in a distinctly European arthouse sensibility.

wittyderisiveabsurdistquirkycynicaldryly comedicsteadydeadpan humoroffbeat sci-fiEuropean arthousecharacter-drivensatiricalgood vs. evilabsurditysmall-town dynamicssatireotherness
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