Gaspar Noe may be the face of New French Extremity, but his
wife, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, is no stranger to savage, transgressive films.
Playing a part in the likes of I Stand Alone (as producer)
and Enter the Void (as a writer), her second directorial
effort, Evolution, bows at the Seattle International Film Festival, and delivers her own surreal, unsettling cinematic nightmare.
Like a parable set in a potential future, alternate reality,
isolated enclave, or maybe just a fever dream, Nicolas lives in an idyllic
seaside town inhabited solely by young boys and their mothers. As the kids are
subjected to bizarre medical experiments, the women engage in erotically
charged rituals on the beach.
In a methodically paced story, breathtakingly photographed
and awash in understated tension, Nicolas digs into his surroundings and
uncovers the sinister truths underlying this stunning body horror sci-fi
picture that’s subtler than you might expect, though still plenty twisted and haunting.
[Grade: B+]
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