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FRIGHTFEST 2024 PREVIEW: SURVIVE
Frédéric Jardin's post-apocalyptic horror Survive (Survivre in its native French) will make its UK premiere at FrightFest 2024, coming off a successful cinema run in its home country. Filmed in Morocco for its post-apocalyptic landscape, director Jardin cites an eclectic mix of influences from Nicholas Roeg's Walkabout to Straw Dogs, Deliverance and Duel.
Julia and her loving husband are celebrating their son’s birthday on their yacht in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakens in a post-apocalyptic desert land. For the Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal that has drained all the water from the seven seas. And danger lurks in every nook and cranny that once were hidden depths. When an unexpected tragedy strikes Julia must save her children in a new world where crazed humanity and hungry creatures from the abyss now hunt for human flesh.
On her casting in the film, lead actress Émilie Dequenne says:
I'm keen on realistic genre films with a dystopian dimension. I also love survivalist films like It Follows, as well as zombie films and series. Night of the Living Dead is one of my favourite cult films! However, at first, when I read the script, I thought that it wasn't really for me: I didn't see myself as a blonde heroine who handles weapons, like Lara Croft in an American-style family. With some revision to the script, the writers introduced more realism and I accepted the part of Julia because, deep down, I am a wolf mother myself and if I had to save my children, I would do exactly like her. That said, I was still bleached blonde!
Survive Links: Official Website
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Survive receives its UK premiere on 24th August at 10.15am in the Main Screen. For tickets go to: https://frightfest.co.uk/tickets/
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 takes place at The ODEON Luxe Leicester Square, London between Thursday Aug 22nd & Monday Aug 26th.
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