La Nuée

The Swarm
Director
Just Philippot
Country
France
Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Jérôme Genevray, Franck Victor
Cast
Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne, Raphaël Romand
Production
Capricci Films, The Jokers, ARTE France Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
https://capricci.fr/wordpress/product/la-nuee/

Storyline

To save her farm from bankruptcy, a single mother begins a business of breeding edible grasshoppers. Soon she develops a strange, obsessive relationship with them.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Sitges Film Festival 2020
Fantastic Official Competition Section
Special Jury Prize
Best Actress (Suliane Brahim)
Festival de Cannes 2020
Critics' Week
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona (D'A) 2022
Focus Critics' Week

César 2022
Best Debut Feature Nomination (Just Philippot)

Releases

Spain (9 of April 2021)