In “Grave”, which revealed Julia Ducournau, the chaste heroine named Justine (who reappears here) had a corrupting sister named Alexia. It is around another Alexia, more evil, that “Titanium” evolves, where Ducournau, cantor of transgender horror, becomes radicalized.
She takes the postulate of “Crash” by David Cronenberg – the sexual fusion between the human and the automobile -, creates a mechanical serial killer (the unknown Agathe Rousselle) who will disturb more than one and watches mutate in front of a returning fire soldier (Vincent Lindon), destroyed by the disappearance of his son ten years earlier. From the humor of “Grave”, there remain the ashes.
“Titanium” is the song of two dead souls who took refuge in a fire station to flee a world that resembles a clip by Snoop Dogg by Bernard de La Villardière. And the affirmation of a filmmaker who vomits lukewarm and believes, beyond reason, in the powers of cinema.
Wednesday May 3 at 10:35 p.m. on Ciné + Frisson. French horror drama by Julia Ducournau (2021). With Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier. 1h48. (Multicast and On Demand).
