The Empire

The Empire

4.9IMDb Score
Released:2024-02-21
Duration:110 min
Director:Bruno Dumont
Actors:Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini, Brandon Vlieghe
Production:Tessalit Productions, Red Balloon Film, Ascent Film, Novak Prod, Rosa Filmes, Furyo Films, Canal+, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), CNC, MiC, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Eurimages, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Pictanovo, Région Hauts-de-France, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Regione Campania, Shelter Prod, RTBF, Taxshelter.be & ING, Ciné+, Arte Cofinova 19, Cofinova 18, Indéfilms 11, Film Commission Regione Campania

Overview:

In a quiet fishing village on northern France's Opal Coast, the birth of a peculiar child sparks a hidden war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

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