Le Clan des Basts: Bar Kogan and Christopher Abbat in the heart of an intense thriller

The duo of interesting actors

Christopher Andrew’s director, the beast clan tells the story of Michael, an Irish shepherd, who trained in a violent conflict with neighboring farms after the attack on his lamb. This village drama is gradually heading for a real persecution, where protagonists then find themselves in the spiral of violence, from the big outside.

This intense thriller is based on the interpretation of two remarkable actors: Christopher Abbott (the poor, poor creatures) with the mediocre Michael with mediocre accuracy, and Bar Kogan (Duncirk, Saltburn), who drives inertia, embodies. Together they create an almost obvious tension, giving the film a depth that is realistic and difficult.

Undermining toxic masculinity

“” “The film’s family tensions echo my own experience as I developed between the Catholic family and the Protestant family when I was little, but it also emphasizes the weight of patriarchal figures“Explains Christopher Andrews, who gives a deep personal story here.

In a rural environment, where men are mainly dominated, the filmmaker asks the models of virginity through brutal and aggressive characters, whose violence hides huge sadness. This toxic masculinity takes directly to the director’s children’s memories and the environment in which he has grown.

“” “There was a question I wanted to shoot in the movie: What should be done to enhance the war and then complete?“He continues.”Sometimes a banal and derizing event is enough to start a war, but finishing it requires humility and compassion – and it’s not so easy. For those who perform strength, it is almost unthinkable to make their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. In other words, the sacrifice of themselves and the separation of their virginity to everyone.“The beast clan thus paints a sensitive portrait of a human condition and provides criticism of acid in masculinity and its excesses.

Frame more true than life

In order to respect her character, American actress Christopher Abbat has long worked in the practice of Gaul language, an approach that also emphasizes the importance of maintaining Ireland’s linguistic heritage in the region for the better.

Originally imagined in England, in Cumbria, the plot was finally distributed in Ireland, a film director who seduced his unique landscapes and his culture. The natural kit, with multiple shades between Valons and reliefs, gives the film an almost mythological dimension, such as a geographical parable.

In these wild countries, where only shepherds are seen, human nature is distinguished for their raw materials: the framework of these involuntary lands becomes a mirror of these characters whose primitive instincts still appear when the boundaries fall between man and the beast.

Realism, the beast clan is a thriller as dark as they are concerned, are now found in theaters.