A grieving father and a psychiatrist hunt his daughter's killer, uncovering a dark conspiracy where vengeance threatens to consume them both.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (The Cure, Pulse) revisits and reimagines his own 1998 thriller in this haunting French-language adaptation of Serpent's Path, transforming a revenge story into a chilling meditation on grief, guilt, and moral decay. Relocating the action from Tokyo to the bleak outskirts of Paris, the film follows a bereaved father (Damien Bonnard, Poor Things) who embarks on a labyrinthine quest for vengeance against a shadowy child-trafficking organization known as 'The Circle,' aided by the enigmatic and unnervingly composed Sayoko, played with hypnotic ambiguity by Ko Shibasaki (Battle Royale).

Expanding upon the original's psychological terrain while retaining its eerie inevitability, Kurosawa crafts a masterclass in atmosphere and existential dread, proving once again why he remains one of cinema's great architects of unease.

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Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Kô Shibasaki
•       Damien Bonnard
•       Mathieu Amalric
•       Grégoire Colin
•       Hidetoshi Nishijima

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Producer: Julien Deris

Producer: David Gauquié

Producer: Takeo Kodera

Producer: Jean-Luc Ormières

Additional Details

Label: KimStim

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Language: French

Run Time: 112 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 11/10/26

UPC: 760137222705