A family tries to escape the deadly acid rain. Such is the surprising tone ofAcida new French disaster film starring Guillaume Canet and Laetitia Dosch, scheduled for release on September 20.
“15-year-old Selma is growing up between her two estranged parents, Michal and Élise. Devastating acid rain clouds are descending on France. In a world that will soon collapse, this fractured family will have to come together to face this climate catastrophe and try to escape of him”, says the official synopsis.
“Not a Hollywood dystopia”
Acid is directed by Just Philippot, whose debut feature, Cloudabout blood-sucking grasshoppers, he made himself noticed in 2020. Here he is inspired by a short film he shot in 2018.
In the press dossier, Just Philippot specifies thatAcid “It is not a Hollywood dystopia”: “My characters are not heroes […] The character played by Guillaume is destroyed when the film begins, he becomes dangerous for his daughter because he is no longer clairvoyant. He’s blinded by his anger, her frustration.”
Acid premiered last May at the Cannes Film Festival. He had been selected in the Midnight Session.
Source: BFM TV
