Only the Animals

A highly memorable opening scene, introduces us turn by turn to five characters each confessing a secret, then coolly brushing it away. In a rural plateau in southern France caught in the grip of a snowy winter, Alice (Laura Calamy), a farmer’s wife sells insurance to – and is having an affair with – Joseph. Meanwhile, prominent Parisian Evelyne (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) has gone missing on the plateau, with only her abandoned car offering any clue. With exceptional performances that take you across continents, Dominik Moll’s constantly engaging film is a cleverly structured, non-linear thriller, that will keep your synapses firing.