The Origin of Evil
2022 · Movie · R · 123 min · ★ 6.4 · 95% critics
A modest young woman is invited to a luxurious seaside villa to reconnect with a wealthy, estranged father. Surrounded by his extravagant wife, ambitious daughter, rebellious teen, and unsettling maid, she’s pulled into a tense household where money, loyalty, and hidden motives quickly come into question.
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Details
- Original title
- L'Origine du mal
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-10-05
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (157 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense, character-driven stories about greed, manipulation, and uneasy family power games, this should land well; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut heroes and villains, like in School's Out.
Pros: strong performances; tense family dynamics; intriguing manipulation | Cons: runs a bit long; slow to start; some plot stretches
Cast & crew
Laure Calamy
as Nathalie Cordier
Doria Tillier
as George Dumontet
Dominique Blanc
as Louise Dumontet
Jacques Weber
as Serge Dumontet
Suzanne Clément
as Inmate
Véronique Ruggia Saura
as Agnès
Céleste Brunnquell
as Jeanne Patterson
Naidra Ayadi
as Samira
Clotilde Mollet
as Landlady
Directed by Sébastien Marnier