Animale – FrightFest Halloween 2024 Movie Review
Director: Emma Benestan
Writer: Emma Benestan, Julie Debiton (Screenplay)
Cast
- Oulaya Amamra (Divertimento)
- Damien Rebattel
- Vivien Rodriguez
- Claude Chaballier
- Pierre Roux
Plot: Camargue, France – Nejma trains hard to win the local bullfighting competition. When she is mauled after a celebration, she starts to notice disturbing changes. News of a rogue bull on the loose terrifies the community, killing young men.
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Animale starts when amateur bullfighter Nejma (Amamra) steps into the ring in a male-dominated world. To celebrate her success a night of drinking leaves her without a memory of the events. Nejma notices changes in how she sees the people around her and her connection to the animals.
The night becomes more terrifying, and the locals start getting killed. Nejma finds herself getting restless and can’t control herself during the night until learning what happened that night.
Verdict on Animale
Animale is a horror drama following an aspiring bullfighter who has an incident. She can’t remember what happened and over time the locals start getting killed. However, she notices a chance, which leads her down a dangerous path to understand what happened.
This movie takes us into a world where Nejma is already fighting for a chance and is determined to prove herself. However, her nightmares take her down a deadly path and the uncertainty in her life drives her. It takes plenty of unexpected twists, that surprise and include shocking revelations. This waits to deliver the moments perfectly and creates a world where it could have a few possibilities. Oulaya Amamra is fantastic, as we see her slowly descend into madness.
Final Thoughts – Animale is a crazed journey into a shocking truth.
