Short film
Seminal Animals
2023 · 31 min
A tense, night-long race through a hostile city, blending dystopian dread with a mother's desperate love.
- Directed by
- Karim Souissi
- Genres
- Thriller
- Overview
- In the near future, a new law imposes a 9 PM curfew on women, effectively leaving them without legal protection from crimes committed after that time. As violent gangs begin to control the streets at night, Samira, a single mother working in a wealthy part of the city, struggles to return home before curfew every evening. When an emergency at the clinic forces her to travel home late one night, Samira must cross a dangerous, deserted city controlled by violent gangs. At the same time, her son Nabil becomes increasingly involved with one of these gangs and its ruthless leader. What begins as a political dystopian reality becomes a nighttime fight for survival, as Samira races against time to make it home safely.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark, bleak and earnest. Relentless and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, gender, power, family
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Karim Souissi
- Genres
- Thriller