• After the triumph of "Grave" at the Critics' Week, Julia Ducornau tries her hand at official competition with "Titane".

  • The director brings together Vincent Lindon and debutante Agathe Rousselle in a strange story of motherhood and the fusion between human beings and cars.

  • This disturbing film is to be reserved for an informed public but could be worth an interpretation price to its young actress.

Radical is the word that best defines

Titane

, the new film by Julia Ducournau.

The director, discovered by Critics' Week with 

Grave

, signs a violent and singular work for her second film and her first entry into official competition.

The encounter between a silent serial killer dancer and an aging firefighter on steroids leads to a bewitching fable but a bit poseuse.

"I really tried to make a film that shoots an arrow, which is above all an experience that you come out of as a physical test," said the director to the magazine

Three colors

.

An actress to discover

Intense experience,

Titane

allows you to discover Agathe Rousselle who stands out as obvious.

Switching from feminine to masculine extremely, she abuses the notion of gender with a mixture of gentleness and brutality that could earn her an acting award for her first role in a feature film.

In front of her, Vincent Lindon, massive inconsolable dad after the disappearance of his son, is impressive.

Their complex relationship is one of the main drivers of

Titanium,

but it is not the only one.

The fusion between humans and cars is also at the center of the story.

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Julia Ducournau calls on one of the filmmakers who influenced her the most, David Cronenberg, to talk about tortured bodies and motherhood.

Some of the more realistic scenes are painful to watch.

Others summon the fantastic by forcing the line a little.

All confirm that the filmmaker has talent.

Less virtuoso than

Grave

,

Titane

remains an interesting work despite everything, perhaps not for the faint of heart but at least for thrill seekers.

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