The Origin of Evil

In this wickedly funny French thriller, shady relatives scheme for family fortunes through a succession of ingenious twists.

Stéphane’s volatile lover is halfway through her prison sentence while she’s stuck working in a fish cannery. One day Stéphane boldly decides to reach out to her wealthy, estranged father. Stéphane discovers the dysfunctional family around him to be a vipers’ nest, all angling for the old man’s inheritance and suspicious of the new interloper. Soon enough, she finds herself embroiled in devious hidden agendas during a ruthless fight for the family empire in a luxury seaside French villa.

Who’s the predator and who’s the prey?