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Amazing thriller that knows how to thread carefully between drama and the fantastic to leave you wondering which of these categories the movie belonged. After watching this relatively unknown gem I consider Saïd Belktibia one of the best young directors of our times. Well written, well acted, not a single useless minute. Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant I already knew, but young Amine Zariouhi is a revelation, if a little underused.

It is also one of the films that take place in the suburbs of Paris, like Vermine and the older La horde, and know how to exploit (in the good sense) that particular environment to the benefit of the film. Banlieues usually make very good policier and social movies, but those three films manage to use them in horror or SF films.

All in all, don't miss this intense movie!

In my book, films where strange things happen but in the end they don't make sense, like "it's a journey between dream and reality", are just lazy writing. I don't care if it's art if it's lazy, coward, cop out art.

But this film, in the end, although you never understand what's happening, makes sense. Not the action, but what is alluding to. It's a grim, heartbreaking metaphor, but shot in a beautiful film. To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of Arabic films, let alone Arabic psychological thrillers with amazing colors and Lynchian images. It's the best thing I've seen on Netflix in a long time, but I know a lot of viewers will dislike it for not making sense. All in all, a triumph in cinema.