Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A single mother breeds locusts as high-protein foods but has trouble getting them to reproduce until she finds they have a taste for blood.
This French horror-drama earns genuine marks for its deeply unsettling and original premise — a woman's codependent, almost romantic obsession with her locust colony is a remarkably singular concept. The slow-burn character study is competently acted and shot, with naturalistic cinematography that grounds the horror in rural mundanity. However, the ending fails to fully capitalize on the film's built tension, feeling abrupt and undercooked. The plot occasionally drags in its middle act, relying on domestic drama to fill time. The novelty of the central conceit is the film's clearest strength and what sets it apart from conventional creature-horror fare.