Netflix’s swarm is a French drama that was selected for the International Critics’ Week at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It stars Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne and Raphael Romand among others. The film follows three women who live in an isolated valley in France where they are being terrorized by giant locust swarms that have been plaguing Europe for years now but with no end in sight to their onslaught of destruction. All details on the film, like cast, plot, and release date, can be found below!
Plot Summary of “Swarm”
Virginie, a widow, and single mother, lives in rural France with her two children, Laura and Gaston. She has been unsuccessfully raising locusts for protein, much to her disappointment and her daughter’s embarrassment. The family used to raise goats when Virginie’s husband, Nico, was still alive, but locusts are now the focus after his death, alluded to have been by suicide.
Virginie struggles to make ends meet as the locusts are not reproducing at a large enough volume. Virginie’s son, Gaston, has been working in a bakery to make money and soon falls for the owner’s daughter. Laura is also falling for her boss at work when she gets a promotion that forces her to move away from home. The swarm then comes through their village, destroying all of Virginie’s hard work as well as most of their crops and livestock.
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Laura ends up following Nadine out west where they can find jobs while Gaston leaves on his own quest across Europe before returning to France with Maxime, who he had met during his travels years ago after Nico dies. They have lunch together in Paris but are interrupted by police officers who arrest them because one of them was carrying weapons; both will potentially have been done in by the swarm.
“Swarm” Movie Review
The “Swarm” movie is set in a valley in France where three women have been terrorized by a swarm of locusts, with no end in sight. “Swarm” is directed by Just Philippot and stars Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne and Raphael Romand among others. The film follows Virginie (Sulaine Brahim), Laura (Marie Narbonne), and Nadine (Sofian Khames) as they live day to day just trying to survive.
Virginie has her own farmstead that she runs with her mother Agathe, who was injured during the swarm’s attack on their village, which leads them both to take refuge at an abandoned house up the mountain until it becomes clear how long this swarm will last this time. Laura is a mother of three who needs to find her children and take them all the way from their village in southern France up north, where they are at less risk for swarm attacks. Nadine has traveled with only her daughter (Raphael Romand) out of Paris, looking for safety against the swarm because she lost both parents during the swarm attack on Paris.
Release Date of “Swarm”
Netflix bought the worldwide distribution rights to the film except for China, Spain, and France; it was released on August 6, 2021.
Cast Details of “Swarm”
- Suliane Brahim as Virginie Hébrard
- Sofian Khammesas as Karim
- Marie Narbonne as Laura Hébrard
- Raphael Romand as Gaston Hébrard
- Nathalie Boyer as Kévin’s mother
- Victor Bonnel as Kévin
- Vincent Deniard as Mr Briand
- Christian Bouillette as Duvivier
