This paranoid and crazy film, shot in Lyon and its region, was released in theaters on November 15. In his first feature film, Stéphane Castang questions the omnipresent violence in our society.
Imagine a Lyon plunged into the apocalypse, where every person you meet suddenly becomes aggressive and jumps on your neck to kill you. It is the nightmare of Vincent, a city graphic designer without history, neither sympathetic nor unsympathetic, who finds himself attacked by his colleagues, neighbors, and even his shrink. In Vincent must dieKarim Leklou, revealed in North Bac embodies this character confronted with permanent danger: violence. First he tries to understand why the whole world wants to see him die. Then, the man decides to go through a torrent of anguish to survive.
The film, released in theaters on November 15, presents itself as a mirror of our times, oscillating between comedy, thriller, romance, and zombie film.
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The Lyon journey of the film “Vincent Must Die” released in theaters on November 15. – (FRANCE 3 RHÖNE-ALPES / J. Sauvadon / M. Boudet / C. Billard)
Prohibited for children under 12, the film confronts the viewer with a disturbing reality that they would perhaps prefer to ignore.
Apocalyptic Lyon
During 5 intense weeks of filming, Lyon was occupied from all sides, between the districts of Croix Rousse, Vaise, Bellecour, Vieux Lyon, Confluence and Gorge-de-Loup. But, certain emblematic scenes of the film were also filmed in Beaujolais in Theizé, as well as in Oullins and Sérézin-du-Rhône. Every corner of the metropolis served as a backdrop to Vincent’s crazy story.
“The house in Beaujolais almost had a western feel… fighting in a fake septic tank was fun! It’s also a metaphor for people fighting in a shitty universe to try to survive.”
Karim Leklouinterprets Vincent
The mirror of a society
The director, Stéphane Castang, leaves the mystery surrounding the origin of this violence. Is this a metaphor for social networks or a reflection of a society where hatred reigns? For his first feature film, Stéphane Castang combines his neuroses with screenwriter Mathieu Naert to create a distressing and absurd film: “the absurd allows you to laugh at rather serious subjects” confides the director. As in any self-respecting genre film, the possibilities for metaphor abound and it is impossible not to see in Vincent must die a mirror of our contemporary society marked by violence, exacerbated by increasingly anxiety-provoking current events: war, burn-out, terrorism, violence
A true UFO in French cinema, this survivalist film forces us to confront a silenced reality: the trivialization of all forms of violence.
Sensible soul to withhold…