Game of Thrones and sex education stars teamed up in a band? It’s a crazy bet by Flux Gourmet!

Gourmet food, in short

The collective of musicians (Asa Butterfield, Ariane Labedi, Fatma Mohamed) is settled in the center of gastronomy and culinary performances. Dysfunctional group dynamics plagued by internal rivalries lead to a gradual build-up of unhealthy tension that is likely to undermine the musical project.

At the same time, a journalist (Makis Papadimitriou) is hired to prepare a file on the group and document the daily life of its members, from rehearsals to breaks. But while the artists’ disagreements escalate, the journalist finds himself a victim of indigestion, which makes it increasingly difficult…

A deliciously dissonant score…

If the strangeness of Flux Gourmet puts you off once you read its synopsis, that’s perfectly fine: British director Peter Strickland makes it a staple of every film. After Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke Of Burgundy, both available at FILMO this month, he’s back with a gritty film sure to please your taste buds!

Filmed in the vicinity of their dorms as a reality show, the rival artists engage in constant verbal banter, causing sourness to break up the time, but ending up all the salt of their collaboration, even beyond rare performances. . Therefore, the dissonance of their interaction becomes a melody that manages to charm.

However, in this hostile and strange environment, the audience is not left alone, because the character of the journalist he plays Makis Papadimitriou, personifies the highest glow of benevolence in the residence. It is impossible not to feel sympathy for this literally torn character, whose temperamental stomach puts him in many embarrassing situations.

Gwendoline Christie, as a highly stylized authority, will remind fans of the Wednesday series of the quasi-gothic charm of the character she played there, and will delight the audience with her slightest appearance.

…orchestrated by Cronenberg and Ostlund’s successor

The dough is marked Peter Stricklandwhose aesthetic reminds us of the great classics of Jalo (Suspiria, The Neon Demon), above all through its cult of strangeness evokes the great films of David Cronenberg and his son: the fixed camera leaves time for the silence of its characters, close up. – On organic elements (here culinary), the appearance of pus here and there or a touch like a dream…

But far from being a pale copy of the genre, Gourmet Feed It acquires several original features that make it possible to relate its plot to a particular form of satire, despite the strangeness of the environment. Something to remember Ruben Ostlund’s writing (square, no filter). In addition to the artistic and social questions raised by the often belligerent interactions of the members of the residence, the preponderance of slightly scatophile humor should please fans of the recent Palme d’Or.Ostlund !

At the crossroads of genres and inspirations, Gourmet Feed It turns out, despite its weirdness, there’s a funny and satirical sweetness that serves as a bonus for the stellar cast. Eat without moderation!

Gourmet Feed, Berber voice and Duke of Burgundy from Peter Strickland Available this month on FILMO.