Titane

Titane (2021) is a French body-horror thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or at Cannes — the first solo female director to take the prize in 28 years.

Alexia survived a car crash as a child and carries a titanium plate in her skull. Years later she works as a dancer at motor shows, until a string of violent incidents forces her to flee. She adopts a new identity — the long-missing son of a firefighter named Vincent, played by Vincent Lindon. He accepts her without question. Neither of them can afford the truth.

Agathe Rousselle plays Alexia in nearly wordless close-ups, relying on physical intensity where other actors would reach for dialogue. Ducournau builds a collision between body-horror and raw family drama, asking what it takes for two broken people to recognize each other. Stream Titane (2021) in full online on iFILM.