Set in the Camargue region of France, where bullfighting remains a tradition, director Emma Benestan's Animale stars Oulaya Amamra as Nejma, a young ranch worker with dreams of becoming a matador. When a bull gets loose in the area and becomes responsible for several deaths, a hunt begins that coincides with Nejma undergoing some unexplained physical changes.
Animale is on US VOD from August 8th. A UK/ROI release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
In the Camargue region of the South of France, there remains an infamous, long-standing tradition of bullfighting. Local youths participate in the elegant yet dangerous challenge, practicing a modernized version of the sport that seeks not to kill the animals but rather to showcase agility and dominance. Among them is Nejma, an intrepid 22 year-old with dreams of one day winning the annual competition. The only woman working on the cattle ranch, she trains tirelessly to prove herself equal among the men, both in and outside of the arena. The ranchers share a deep respect for the bulls, though when a loose bull threatens the community of riders and young men begin turning up dead, a hunt to find and kill the creature begins. Nejma fears for the bull, beginning a dark, mysterious transformation of her own.
