There is a lot of anticipation for Crimes of the Future , the new film by David Cronenberg that will be presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival .
This is the return of this director to the body horror and this new trailer is the perfect demonstration of it, in just over a minute they return to the mind of timeless cult like Videodrome.
The naked meal, eXistenZ and the thing can only please.
Crimes of the Future will arrive in selected cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on June 3, and from June 10 throughout the United States. There are currently no details on a possible distribution in our territory.
The plot
In the not too distant future, humanity is adapting to an increasingly synthetic world. Evolution has led humans to a metamorphosis that has changed their biology. Some have embraced the infinite potential of transhumanism, others are attempting to control it. The “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome” is spreading rapidly around the world. Saul Tenser is a renowned performance artist who has embraced Accelerated Evolution Syndrome, which causes him to sprout new and unexpected organs throughout his body. Together with his partner Caprice , Tenserhas turned the removal of these organs into a spectacle for his loyal followers, who watch in real time. But with government and a strange subculture on his heels, Tenser is forced to consider what would be the most shocking performance of all.
The cast
The cast includes Viggo Mortensen , Léa Seydoux , Kristen Stewart , Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar and Lihi Kornowski .
The previous Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future shares its title with Cronenberg ‘s second feature film , dated 1970. At the center of the plot was Dr.Adrian Tripod, a pupil of a dermatologist who had inadvertently triggered a pandemic in an attempt to treat diseases resulting from overuse. of cosmetics. This virus killed all post-pubertal women, leaving behind a world of men only.