The swarm

Language : French

 

Year of release : 2020

 

Run time : 1h41min

 

Genre : Drama / Horror

 

 

Single mother,Virginie, has a locust farm. Problem is,lately business is going bad,as she can't find people to sell the locusts to,and the ones who are interested want the products for little money.

To make matters worse, the locusts stopped breeding.

 

At school,the two kids she has,are being ridiculed for their mother's line of work.

The daughter wants to move away,and her mother promises to do so,until.. she discovers locusts like the taste of blood,after she almost destroyed the farm and cut herself pretty bad.

After that, not only she changes her mind about leaving,but she starts feeding them her own blood, animal blood,and builds at least 3 more harvesting greenhouses.

 

The locusts become louder and bigger,the ones fed blood eating the normal ones.

 

The movie is a slow burn drama. I kept on waiting for something horror to happen,but it doesn't. Also,there's no consequences to their actions. A few times the blood fed locusts get out,but that doesn't impact the life of the people around them. I honestly expected to see the locusts attacking people,but until the end bit which ends fast and goes nowhere, there's no such thing.

 

The acting was great, I particularly liked the lead, Suliane Brahim,who played Virginie.

 

The soundtrack was good.

 

The movie is streaming on Netflix.

 

Rating : Could have been a contender !