‘Extremely funny in the horrors it gives us’: The origins of evil as seen by Laure Kalami

What is it about?

In a luxurious villa by the sea, a modest young woman discovers a strange family: an unknown and very rich father, his capricious wife, a daughter, an ambitious businessman, a rebellious teenager and a disturbing servant. Someone is lying. Between suspicions and lies, a mystery arises and evil spreads…

With Laure Kalam, Doria Thiele, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Weber, Suzanne Clement, Celeste Brunkel, Veronique Ruggia Saura…

Courage, excess, chills and laughter… prepare to discover the origins of evil!

There are unclassifiable films, and Origins of Evil is one of them: at the crossroads of thriller, genre film, satire and fable, Sébastien Marnier’s new film is a little bit of it all. Like Irréprochable, his first feature film with Marina Foy and Josephine Japi, the filmmaker manages to constantly surprise us with a script rich in surprises, provoking laughter when we least expect it and creating fear just as unexpectedly.

“Everything that the film tells us is very scary and I wanted it to be humorous, creepy, nasty, dark… you name it!Sébastien Marnier, screenwriter and director of Origins of Evil, sums it up at our microphone. We developed it even more during filming.”he adds.

“I absolutely did not want the film to be realistic. We are really in a baroque state. The origin of evil also tells us about the end of the world. We can indulge ourselves in all excesses…“”There is something very funny about the horror it gives us.”adds Lor Kalam.

Family, money and the end of patriarchy

“The title The Origin of Evil came pretty quickly because there was so much I could put into it. First of all, the origin of evil is the family. But it is also the money that is everywhere in the film and all the violence that is caused by the question of money. It is also very clear that the idea of ​​the end of the patriarchy can be connected to this.“

and add:And then we gradually came to the fact that of course, what makes up the DNA of the family and all these characters could be a lie. If there’s one thing all families have in common, it’s this. All the mysteries we discover throughout life, along with all the cataclysms it can cause. This particular family, colorful, toxic to the last degree, and quite disgusting, has many lies. How these characters live in the family is based on a lie, so it’s more of a source of evil.“

Origin of Evil pays special attention to artistic direction, be it costumes, decorations (the huge house and its decoration are the heroes of the film), without forgetting the music entrusted to Pierre Lapointe, which develops in the atmosphere. movie. “The audience should be entertained. Give real cinema movies to see in theaters and that these movies are not ready tracks, starts Sébastien Marnier. “We have desires and, perhaps subconsciously, we build things in reaction to the world around us. The idea that you can’t sum up a movie by saying it’s a thriller, a social comedy or a fable… it’s just interesting to break away from clichés and boxes. We want to have fun in this film, no matter what it says, and we are making it.”

Sebastien Marnier’s Origins of Evil hits theaters this Wednesday, October 5th.