Alchemy has acquired distribution rights to the French-language horror pic Evolution. The film is directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic from a screenplay by Hadzihalilovic, Alanté Kavaïté and Geoff Cox. The film synopsis: 10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother in a village on a remote island inhabited solely by women and young boys. In a hospital overlooking the ocean, all the boys are subjected to a mysterious medical treatment. Only Nicolas questions what is happening around him. He senses that his mother is lying to him, and is determined to find out what she does with the other women at night, on the beach. What he discovers is the beginning of a nightmare into which he is helplessly drawn. Hadzihalilovic is known for the 2004 indie hit Innocence. Comments comments
