Film show: 'Civil War', an entertaining and unsettling vision of a divided America

Issued on: 17/04/2024 - 15:37

In the latest speculative fiction from British director Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst stars as a war reporter documenting a conflict she once never thought possible: a new civil war in the United States. With the US in the midst of another divisive election year, the scenario may seem cliché, but FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson says the film is engrossing, entertaining and unsettling.

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Lisa also tells us about "LaRoy, Texas", a dark comedy about a man who stumbles into becoming a hitman after a case of mistaken identity. We then review the latest film from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, "Evil Does Not Exist”, an eco-fable about life in a rural village upended by plans to build a glamping resort upstream. Plus: the release of a DVD box set of "The Mother and the Whore," the film that inspired Lisa to move to France!