Else

Else

Body horror, in which a strange pandemic causes people to merge with their surroundings. Enchanting and terrifying at the same time

A strange pandemic strikes the world. Sick people contract a hideous skin disease that causes them to meld with their surroundings and transform into pain-stricken monsters. Isolation, hygiene obsession, curfews and restrictions. Does it ring a bell? In this world gone mad with fear, a libertine Cassandra and a somewhat uptight Anx are having an affair. Would they be together were it not for the circumstances?

“Else” is a body horror film realised with a surrealist twist reminiscent of the famous “Conspirators of Pleasure”. Despite its warm colours and delightful humour, it tells a rather bleak story. The characters are learning to cope with their new reality. They communicate with their neighbours by shouting into the waste chute, they still try to laugh, have sex and love, but is it possible to do this in the shadow of the apocalypse?

Thibault Emin’s directorial debut is a visually captivating piece of filmmaking that you watch like you’re in a trance. The oneiric set design starkly contrasts the nasty and quite eerie make-up and a sense of sadness hovers over the whole story. This film will push audiences to reflect on their relationships with others and, at the same time, send a shiver of distaste. Something for the body and the mind. Starring Matthieu Sampeur and Edith Proust.

“Else” comes to Splat!FilmFest audience straight from Canada, where it premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, within the famous Midnight Madness section.

The partner of the screening is Institut Français en Pologne