Wild boars ravaging crops in rural France spark a conflict between local farmers and members of a hunting club. The conflict escalates when a bankrupt farmer named Brun shoots the club president and vanishes. A year later, the case is given to Fulda, an impulsive police officer newly transferred to the area. The feature debut of experienced shorts filmmaker Sarah Arnold, Too Many Beasts is a thrilling and eccentric dark comedy about an unpredictable investigation that warps reality with its peculiar approach to the detective genre. With outstanding performances from Alexis Manenti (Guardians of the Formula, ZFF 2023; The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, ZFF 2024) and Ella Rumpf (Raw, 2016), Arnold deftly steers us through the chaos, and a stampede of wild boars, in this dynamic and intriguing debut, which won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at Cannes.
Language: FR
Subtitles: HR, EN
Sarah Arnold (Zurich, 1980) graduated with a degree in filmmaking from ENSAV (École nationale supérieure d'audiovisuel) in Toulouse. Her first short film Lesson of Darkness (2010) screened at numerous festivals and won the Jury Prize at the Turin Film Festival. Totems (2014) won the Pardino d'Oro for Best Swiss Short, while Parades (2017) won the Young Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival. Her debut feature Too Many Beasts (2026) had its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes.
Director: Sarah Arnold
Screenplay: Sarah Arnold, Olivier Séror, Jérémie Dubois
Cast: Alexis Manenti, Ella Rumpf, Vincent Dedienne, Jean-Louis Coulloc’h, Pascal Rénéric
Director of photography: Noé Bach
Editing: Isabelle Manquillet
Producer: Helen Olive, Martin Bertier
Production: France 3 Cinéma, 5à7 Films, Pan-Européenne
Festivals and awards: Cannes Film Festival 2026 – Europa Cinemas Label Award; Busan International Film Festival 2026; Zagreb Film Festival 2026
Type here to search
