Between the brothers Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma and genre cinema, it’s a beautiful relationship that continues. After the werewolf movie for Teddythey are very freely inspired by Sea teeth by Steven Spielberg for The Year of the Shark.
Marina Foïs as a determined policeman must solve the problem of a dogfish that devours bathers in a small town on the Landes coast. Supported by colleagues embodied by Christine Gauthier (discovered in Teddy) and Jean-Pascal Zadi, this strong woman puts herself in danger to save lives with the support of her husband played by Kad Merad.
Ferocious humor and voracious shark
“We really wanted to get back to the essence of the genre: that is to say, above all to film a threat in a beach setting which normally does not lend itself to it, explain the Boukherma brothers in the press kit. The shark is the monster of the summer, the one who comes to spoil the party. They tint the suspense with a ferocious humor in the style of a comedy of manners that taunts the not always shrewd natives as much as the not really smart tourists.
If the references to Steven Spielberg’s classic are numerous and tasty, the directors find a very personal tone to bring the colorful characters to life. The meetings between the gendarmes, the mayor and the villagers are particularly well sketched. And the appearances of the shark, cleverly dosed, have enough to satisfy lovers of big voracious beasts. This second feature film by the Boukherma brothers demonstrates how reciprocal their love for horror cinema is. We love !