An apocalyptic vision of man after a cosmic catastrophe, this film is a terrifying metaphor of a dehumanized future. The Brazilian Cinema Novo, German expressionism of the twenties, and the ideologically motivated ‘cruelty’ of a Buñuel come together in this ferocious work of a French theatre collective – an ambitious, almost completely successful example of visual cinema at its best.

Une communauté de jeunes gens traverse non sans déboires un plateau désolé des Causses. Afin de nous horrifier par la conscience de notre propre cruauté, ils égorgent successivement un sanglier, un mouton, une vache.