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Shot overhead, a woman in a bun and hospital gown looks up, she stands isolated on a section of red tile in the center of the room. Around her, hospital workers and patients bustle around, white tiles with red accents and red walls.

Species Sanguine

  Marion Le Corroller  |  France, Belgium

Margot is a medical intern at the most competitive ER in the country, but she’s clearly the weakest link. Unable to keep up with the job’s grueling pace, her colleagues’ cutthroat attitudes, and her boss’s astronomical expectations, she finds unlikely allies in multiple patients her own age complaining of high-pressure jobs and strange skin conditions. Before long, she, too, starts experiencing gruesome symptoms: a nasty rash, bloody sweat, and skin that peels off in strips. Discovering that her affliction might be fatal raises the stakes, and Margot finds herself caught in a near-impossible balancing act between adapting to her ruthless work environment and covertly uncovering the cause of her contagion.

Bursting with blood and boils, the feature film debut from Marion Le Coroller is a visceral body-horror coming-of-age for those newly entering the workforce.

 French 

 103 minutes

Screenings & Events

Screening

Sat, Oct 24 @ 10:30pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05
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Festival passes can be used for this screening.

Screening

Sun, Oct 25 @ 1:00pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05
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Festival passes can be used for this screening.

Film Credits

  • Carole Lambert
  • Marion Le Corroller, Thomas Pujol
  • Jérôme Eltabet
  • Guillaume Schiffman
  • Mara Taquin, Karin Viard, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon, Sonia Faïdi
  • ROB
  • Windy Production

Sponsors

Cultural Support

logo: Villa Albertine | Consulate General of France in Chicagologo: French Embassy in the United States 156x125

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