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A director pushes boundaries until reality blurs—and the supernatural starts watching.

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The Exterminating Angels (2006)

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Overview

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

Content warning

ghost lgbt eroticism hotel room self-destruction restaurant exhibitionism intimacy transgression angel of death

Standout Aspects

Direction

Brisseau's meta-commentary on his own controversies.

Writing

Blurs autobiography, fantasy, and self-critique.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel weird about cinema.·Date Night: Only if you're ready for VERY awkward post-movie discussion.

Heads up:Sexual Content: Explicit content throughout; unsimulated scenes, power imbalance focus.·Triggers: Exploitative filmmaking dynamics, manipulation of performers.

Director

Jean-Claude Brisseau

ReleasedSep 13, 2006

Runtime1h 43m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Revenue$154.2K

La Sorcière Rouge

Top Cast

Maroussia Dubreuil

Charlotte

Lise Bellynck

Julie

Marie Allan

Stéphanie

Frédéric van den Driessche

François

Jeanne Cellard

Grandmother

Margaret Zenou

Apparition 2

Raphaële Godin

Apparition 1 / Rebecca

Estelle Galarme

Olivia

Virginie Legeay

Virginie

François Négret

Stéphane's friend

Marine Danaux

Agnès

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Trivia

Brisseau was convicted of sexual harassment of actresses in 2005, making this film's self-reflexive plot deeply uncomfortable autobiography.

Cultural

Part of a weird French tradition of directors using cinema to process their own scandals—see also #MeToo-era reckonings in later French cinema.

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