Karim Aïnouz adapts a screenplay by Efthimis Filippou (collaborator of Yorgos Lanthimos) into an absurdist dark comedy exploring wealthy family pathology and psychological dysfunction. The film premiered at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, generating polarized critical reception for its bone-dry humor and deliberate alienation tactics. The narrative follows Callum Turner’s character Ed, a self-absorbed protagonist navigating family wealth, sexual complexity, and surreal domestic trauma including maternal mythology. The film employs high absurdism and ironic detachment to examine status anxiety and psychological disturbance within privileged circles, deliberately confronting viewer comfort through provocative subject matter and formal rigidity.
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