Titane: When & How To Watch Cannes’ Award-Winning Horror

After achieving great success at the Cannes Film Festival, including winning the prestigious Palme d’Or, horror fans are looking forward to being able to watch Titane, but when and how can they do so? This film festival always generates a lot of interest for cinema buffs, meaning that many are anticipating being able to see the winners in their local theatre. French director Julia Ducournau’s horror thriller was a surprise winner this year but many critics were fascinated by the movie, and it was generally felt to be a deserved winner. Titane will be coming to theatres around the world by the end of the year.

Titane won the Palme d’Or based on a vote by a jury that included Do the Right Thing director Spike Lee and other film luminaries. The film currently boasts 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 74 on Metacritic. Critics praised Titane‘s body horror and shocking plot twists, with BBC critic Nicholas Barber calling it “a nightmarish yet mischievously comic barrage of sex, violence, lurid lighting and pounding music” and IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich calling it “one of the wildest films to ever screen at Cannes.“

As fans await news of its theatrical arrival across the world, we break down what the story revolves around, who makes up the cast, and when fans can expect to see the film in a local theatre.

Titane Story Details

The plot of Titane is surreal and operates through a kind of dream logic. The main character Alexia is in a car accident as a child and develops a sexual fascination with automobiles that has drawn comparisons with Crash and other movies by David Cronenberg. Alexia becomes pregnant after having sex with a car and later adopts a male identity. She disguises herself as Adrien, a young missing boy, and introduces herself to the boy’s father, all while hiding her monstrous pregnancy. The plot sounds bizarre on paper, and audiences who weren’t able to make it to Cannes will have to wait to see how Ducournau pulls it off.

Titane Cast

The previously unknown Agathe Rousselle stars as Alexia, and Titane is her first feature film. Vincent Lindon, who previously won the Best Actor award at Cannes, co-stars as Vincent, the father of the missing boy. Other names in the cast include Garance Marillier and Myriem Akheddiou.

Titane Release Date (And Where To Watch)

The Palme d’Or win may have made Titane one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, but those in English-speaking countries will have to wait a few months to see it. The film opened in France on July 14, one day after its Cannes premiere. Attitude Film Distribution and Film4 acquired the distribution rights in the UK, and have said that it will be released later this year. Neon will be distributing the movie in the United States and has announced an October 1 release date. Foreign-language movies like Titane typically play in smaller “arthouse” theatres in North America, where actual screening dates will vary based on the individual theatre’s needs. If the film becomes an Oscar contender like 2019’s Palme winner Parasite from director Bong Joon Ho, it could also play at multiplexes. So far no streaming release has been announced for Titane, but it will likely follow within the next year.

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