Kino Lorber has shared a trailer, poster and images for The Empire, the French slapstick space opera from writer-director Bruno Dumont which sees a secret war unleash between extra-terrestrial forces of good and evil in a small village in Northern France, with the powerful forces possessing its locals; take a look here…
In a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France, a very special child is born, unleashing a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil. In an attempt to restore their empires, two opposing forces from the depths of outer space, One and Zero, unleash an apocalyptic conflict on Earth. The villainous Zero forces secretly take over the bodies of village locals in order to foster pandemonium on the planet. At the same time, a new species engineered by the One is working towards a new, harmonious evolution. While waiting for the final battle, the imperial legions struggle to win humanity over to their cause.
The Empire arrives in cinemas on March 7th.
