Chrysalis
2007 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 5.3 · 40% critics
In a near-future Paris, a cutting-edge surgeon makes a desperate choice after a devastating car crash threatens her child’s life. As advanced treatment blurs the line between healing and control, memories and dreams become part of a disturbing fight for survival.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-06-25
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (89 votes)
- Box office
- $1,200,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy dark sci-fi thrillers built around memory, identity, and moral choices, somewhat in the vein of The 6th Day; Not for you if you want a light, comforting story.
Pros: intriguing near-future premise; unsettling memory themes; strong emotional stakes | Cons: dark subject matter; bleak atmosphere; limited lightness
Themes
- future
- dystopia
- memory
- doctor
- torture
- medical drama
- punched in gut
Cast & crew
Albert Dupontel
as David Hoffman
Marie Guillard
as Marie Becker
Marthe Keller
as Professeur Brügen
Mélanie Thierry
as Manon Brügen
Claude Perron
as Miller
Alain Figlarz
as Dimitri Nicolov / Danis Nicolov
Smadi Wolfman
as Sarah
Patrick Bauchau
as Charles Becker
Guy Lecluyse
as Kovacs
Cyril Lecomte
as Le légiste
Directed by Julien Leclercq