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A sly, twisty thriller, in the style of Claude Charbrol, The Origin of Evil is a suspenseful, blackly funny tale of family fortunes and squabbling relatives where nothing is as it originally seems. When Stéphane (Laure Calamy of Call My Agent!) gets in touch with wealthy Serge (Jacques Weber), announcing that she is his long-abandoned daughter, his immediate family are none too thrilled. As Stéphane embarks on an extended visit in hopes of getting to know Serge, she also tangles with the hostile women who share a tense existence in his beautifully appointed mansion by the sea: the shopaholic wife (Dominique Blanc), his other daughter (Doria Tillier), a rebellious granddaughter (Céleste Brunnquell), and a strangely off-putting housekeeper, all of whom are clearly unsettled by the arrival of Serge’s newly announced heir. But Stéphane is a confident liar with secrets of her own, which writer-director Sébastien Marnier teases out with cool assurance in this wildly entertaining film. –Alissa Simon
Director Biography
Sébastien Marnier is a director whose credits include the short films “The Main Game” (2002) and “Handsome Jack” (2003) and the features Faultless (2016), School’s Out (2018) and The Origin of Evil (2022).
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