Festivals - TIFF 2017 : Coralie Fargeat's REVENGE Comes to Shudder

Par Mulder, 30 août 2017

AMC Networks’ Shudder announced today that it is acquiring North American, UK, Ireland and Australian rights to Coralie Fargeat’s blood-pumping debut REVENGE. The film, which is having its world-premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival next month, will be available on the premium thriller, suspense and horror video streaming service, and play theatrically in early 2018. REVENGE will also play at this year’s Fantastic Fest. Soaking the perennial rape/revenge thriller in a strikingly hypnotic style, writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s compelling feature debut reframes the genre’s typical proclivities with a gaze that scrutinizes male bodies and foregrounds its protagonist’s transformation into a hardened vehicle of vengeance.

Jen (Matilda Lutz), arrives at a remote desert villa with her millionaire Adonis boy toy (Kevin Jannsens) expecting a weekend of romantic and illicit frivolity. Things take a turn for the worse with her lover’s unseemly hunting pals and Jen must seek vengeance on her attackers as they try to sweep her assault under the rug. REVENGE plunges Jen into an arid, drug-induced hell, but one she resolves to emerge from, leaving a tidal wave of righteous violence in her wake.

REVENGE is the latest all-rights acquisition for Shudder, following the acquisitions of Stefan Ruzowitzsky’s thriller COLD HELL, Graham Skipper’s sci-fi romance SEQUENCE BREAK, Joe Lynch’s violent corporate satire MAYHEM and Chris Peckover’s Christmas-set black comedy BETTER WATCH OUT. With multiple exclusives premiering on the service every month alongside a rapidly expanding collection of genre favorites, Shudder is deeply committed to bringing the best of horror and thriller to all of its members.

Aurelie de Troyer, Shudder’s VP of Global Acquisitions, said “Coralie’s take on the vengeance motif is so refreshing, it revitalizes the genre as a whole. With films like REVENGE, young French filmmakers are bringing in a new wave of genre movies and we’re thrilled that Coralie’s has found a home with Shudder.”

Coralie Fargeat, director of REVENGE, said: “ As a true fan of genre films, I am extremely proud that my first feature is being released by Shudder. Having the support of such an impressive new player within the genre space will help the film find an enthusiastic and passionate audience. I am delighted that they will be accompanying me to the world premiere at TIFF!”

Revenge is a 2017 French rape and revenge horror film directed and written by Coralie Fargeat. It has been selected to be screened in the Midnight Madness section of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Photographed with a blinding sunbleached palette of orange and teal that recalls MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, REVENGE plunges Jen into an arid, drug-induced hell, but one she resolves to emerge from, leaving a tidal wave of gory violence in her wake.

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Synopsis:
Soaking the perennial rape/revenge thriller in a strikingly hypnotic style, writer-director Coralie Fargeat's compelling feature debut reframes the genre's typical proclivities with a gaze that scrutinizes male bodies and foregrounds its protagonist's transformation into a hardened vehicle of vengeance. It's a potent gambit, and one that permits its upsetting premise to assume a wry sense of humour as it careens towards a cathartic climax of outrageously bloody retribution and a rather practical use of Saran Wrap. Evoking Kubrick's Lolita, Jen (Matilda Lutz), arrives at a remote desert villa with her millionaire Adonis boy toy (Kevin Jannsens) for a weekend of romantic (and illicit) frivolity. Things go south quickly when her lover's unseemly hunting pals show up and make inappropriate advances that escalate into an outright assault. The men quickly try to sweep their attack under the rug, but Jen won't have it and, well… hell hath no fury....

Public Screenings:
Public Screening #1: Monday, September 11, 11:30am at Scotiabank Theater 9
Public Screening #2: Monday, September 11, 3:45pm at Scotiabank Theater 11
Public Screening #3: Saturday, September 16, 3:30pm at Scotiabank Theater 7

Revenge (Midnight Madness)
Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Marc-Etienne Schwartz, Marc Stanimirovic, Jean-Yves Robin
Starring Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède,
Music by Rob
Cinematography Robrecht Heyvaert
Edited by Coralie Fargeat, Bruno Safar
Jérôme Eltabet
Production companies : MES Productions, Monkey Pack Films
Distributed by Rezo Films
Running time : 108 minutes
Country France
Language English, French

(Source: press release August 30 2017)