30-year-old factory worker Simon lives a solitary existence on a decrepit farm in the remote French countryside. Devoting his time to caring for his sister Estelle, who was left severely disabled when a childhood game went horribly wrong, Simon is plagued by guilt and depression. But he sees a way out, looking to otherworldly forces as a means of liberating both himself and his sister from the corporeal prisons in which they are confined.
Practical Effects
Melanie Gaydos's prosthetics — discomfort you can't look away from.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like it smells bad. Intentionally.
Direction
Quarxx's debut: confident, nasty, genuinely uncommercial.
Director
Quarxx
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Melanie Gaydos is a model with ectodermal dysplasia; this was her first dramatic role, chosen specifically for her unique physicality rather than generic 'disabled' casting.
The title references Arthur C. Clarke's 'Childhood's End' — Clarke's aliens were benevolent saviors, Quarxx's are something far more ambiguous and French.
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