“She agrees to live like a wolf… according to the laws of the pack.” A festival promo trailer has debuted for an intriguing new indie film from Canada titled Hunting Daze, made by Montreal filmmaker Annick Blanc as her feature directorial debut. This unsettling thriller is premiering at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival in the Midnighter section. Nina, an exotic dancer, is stranded in the far North. She persuades five men on a hunting trip to host her. In this masculine microsociety, by turns hilarious and philosophical, Nina starts to feel a sense of belonging she never has before. But a mysterious stranger’s arrival changes the course of this improvised holiday forever. Nahéma Ricci stars as Nina, with Bruno Marcil, Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi, Marc Beaupré, Alexandre Landry, Maxime Genois, and Noubi Ndiaye as Dudos. There are a couple of serious “whoaaaa what?!” shots in this trailer, making me extra curious to find out what is going on in this. Clearly a very tricky game is being played by all the people on this “hunt” – even if they don’t realize it. It is described as a “dreamy, disturbing modern folktale unraveling the tenuous threads of human nature.” // Continue Reading ›
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