TRAILER AND POSTER FOR SAVAGE STATE, FRENCH WESTERN SET DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Another French movie for you this week, while Hollywood is in quarantine. SAVAGE STATE is a period set thriller western directed and written by David Perrault. It aired in France in February. When the

The movie played in French cinemas back in February

American Civil War breaks out, a family of French settlers must abandon their Missouri home to flee and go back to Paris. Edmond (Bruno Todeschini), the patriarch, is accompanied by his wife Madeleine (Constance Dolle), their maid Layla (Armelle Abibou) and their three daughters : Esther (Alice Isaaz), Justine (Deborah Francois) and Abigaelle (Maryne Bertieaux). Esther, the youngest, is irresistibly attracted to Victor (Kevin Janssens), a former mercenary who's escorting them. This relationship soon acts like a poison within the group of travellers, especially when Victor's past is catching up with him.