Animalia

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Animalia

2024

1h 31m

Sci-Fi

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband's family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Dec 12

4/5

This debut feature from co-writer/director Sofia Alaoui is a mystery – enigmatic and abstract.

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Katie McCabe

Sight & Sound

Dec 11

Alaoui uses simple effects – slow-mo, dissolves, a flash of what looks like the aurora borealis – with great skill to communicate the uncanny.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Dec 9

3/5

By the end, Animalia is more Terrence Malick than apocalyptic... How satisfying that feels is a matter of personal taste, but this is undoubtedly an intriguing, eccentric and distinctive debut.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

07/25/2024

3.5/5

Opaque in a way that will frustrate some, depicting an alien invasion that is spiritual rather than physical, Animalia is a somewhat alluring rumination on privilege and religion through a woman’s journey.

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Perry Norton

Film Threat

07/18/2024

9/10

Combines David Cronenberg's gritty philosophizing with David Lynch's surreal poetry.

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Marek J

@RT21144292 01/23/2025

One of the worst films I have ever seen. I refuse to believe the 100% fresh rating this film has is real. This film was paid for by the Doha (Qatar) Film Institute and I sincerely hope the people who posted the reviews praising this film to high heaven were at least paid for their trouble because they've burnt their credibility to the ground.

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Patricia B

@RT08569109 11/10/2024

This movie made absolutely no sense. I don’t even know what happened. It was long and slow and the ending made no sense. AVOID IT!!

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Kyrill G

@RT38548830 07/15/2024

This movie is incredible (for me it is at least) The story, the mystery, the acting. And the beautiful shot Moroccan Berber mountains, incredible. And let's not forget the music score, the amazing editing and directing. But most of all the dreamy/mystery segments are absolutely gorgeous and stunning and for me, worth 5 stars already. This is a movie I will not forget any time soon, one I consider seeing a second time in Cinema, a thing I can but rarely ever do.

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Rakha Z

@RT13310770 06/13/2024

With interesting plot and unique characters, this movie quite interesting to watch

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Rakha Z

@RT74404461 06/12/2024

It's just so so film, not special about anything

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Bud L

@laniakea 06/01/2024

I mean it’s an interesting idea and executed well but it just kind of goes nowhere and leaves everything unexplained. Lots of surreal evocative imagery but it felt like they ran out of ideas and had to wrap it up. I wanted her to leave her husband for Fouad.

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Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband's family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Director: Sofia Alaoui
Producer: Margaux Lorier, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
Screenwriter: Sofia Alaoui, Sofia Alaoui
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Dounia Productions, Srab Films, Jiango Films, arte France Cinéma, Wrong Films, Centre Cinématographique Marocain
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 18, 2024
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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