Animale

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Animale

2024

1h 38m

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

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12 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Camargue, France -- infamous for its traditional bull race, an exhilarating and graceful challenge of agility and respect between man and beast. Surrounded by men, 22-year-old Nejma trains hard to fulfill her dream of winning the upcoming annual competition, but news of a rogue and violent bull on the loose terrifies the community. Young men are being murdered everywhere, and the beast is nowhere to be seen.

Catherine Bray

Variety

The filmmaking is at its most successful when it moves away from dialogue-driven sequences and into the more visual, visceral aspects of Nejma’s chosen line of work.

May 23, 2024

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Animale boasts visual confidence to spare and a compelling, energetic lead performance from Oulaya Amamra... Disappointingly, though, the film never lives up to its bold scene-setting, falling into a pattern of obviousness.

May 22, 2024

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Xero Gravity

Blerdy Massacre Podcast

"The brutality in this sub-genre doesn't have to come from the assault, because this film was brutal, but it doesn't spoon-feed it to you"

Rated: 5/5

Dec 3, 2024

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

In the end, Animale is about how far too many men see both animals and women as consumable for their entertainment and satisfaction.

Rated: 4.5/5

Nov 19, 2024

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Ard Vijn

ScreenAnarchy

Animal left this viewer with an unbalanced and unsatisfied feeling. It's this what prevented me from outright loving this film, and I can't quite tell you all why because I'd have to totally spoil the film. Which, to its credit, would still be a shame.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 17, 2024

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Overall, the story is good and so is the direction, the acting from the lead is fantastic and the rest of the cast is good.

Nov 6, 2024

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Camargue, France -- infamous for its traditional bull race, an exhilarating and graceful challenge of agility and respect between man and beast. Surrounded by men, 22-year-old Nejma trains hard to fulfill her dream of winning the upcoming annual competition, but news of a rogue and violent bull on the loose terrifies the community. Young men are being murdered everywhere, and the beast is nowhere to be seen.

Director: Emma Benestan
Producer: Julie Billy, Naomi Denamur, Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts
Screenwriter: Emma Benestan
Production Co: June Films, Frakas Productions
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 38m