After Ex Machina and Annihilation, Alex Garland returns with a shocking and visionary new film. Worn by Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear, this horrifying and visually magnetic feature film questions the relationship between man and woman today.
After a preview screening at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, Men arrives at the cinema. The new movieAlex Garlandto whom we owe Ex Machina and Annihilationis a real horrific shock carried by Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear.
The one we recently saw in The Lost Daughter plays Harper, a woman who left to isolate herself in the English countryside in order to rebuild herself after a personal tragedy. When she realizes that a strange presence is stalking her in this peaceful little village, Harper realizes that her violent memories and her worst fears will resurface and transform what should have been a time of peace and resilience into a real nightmare.
Alex Garland once again offers a shocking and visionary cinematic experience, between body horror and psychological drama, by summoning symbols, metaphors and legends mixed with horror and fantasy to dissect the relationship of violence between men and women.
Met in Cannes, Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear revealed some anecdotes from the filming of Men. How did the Irish actress get into her character? How did the British actor manage to play multiple versions of the male menace? And above all, how is Alex Garland, who started out in the cinema as a screenwriter (La Plage, Sunshine), a visionary genius?
The trailer for Men, in theaters June 8: