An agoraphobic Moroccan student moves to Paris only to find something sinister waiting for her in the trailer for The Curse.
The French psychological folk horror film will taunt the devil on Digital June 2 via Freestyle Digital Media.
It follows Yara, a Moroccan girl who moves to Paris to study. Agoraphobic since childhood, she lives a cloistered existence, trapped within the walls of her apartment and the grip of her nightmares.
Bedeviled by terrifying events that blend fragments of her past with monstrous visions, Yara’s reality begins to fracture. When a mysterious apparition appears one evening, it turns her life upside down, pushing her to the very brink of madness.
Lina El Arabi (“Citadel”) stars with Ouidad Elma, Sairi Salma, and Souad Labsy.
Abel Danan directs from a script he co-wrote with Emma Lacoste. Jad Ben Ammar, Thomas Berthon, Jérémie Galan, Laurent Ghelfi, Matthias Jenny, David Layani, Grégory Ouaniche, and Romain Vissol produce.
“With The Curse, I wanted to film in Morocco, a land of origins and mystery surrounding ghosts and spirits, to tell a story rarely seen and explore it through the lens of folkloric horror,” said Danan. “I approached it with passion to speak about heritage, but also to captivate and frighten audiences with the significance of Moroccan witches. The idea is to leave a mark through rarely seen visuals and a culture that is not widely known, yet deeply fascinating.”
