Creator Context

Summary

French horror writer-director known for *Infested*/*Vermines*. In interviews he repeatedly framed that film as a xenophobia allegory—equating fear of spiders’ looks with judging suburban/immigrant communities—and described spiders taken from their homeland as homage to migrants housed then trapped in French banlieue projects. Also stressed a “social statement” and strong female characters; he has downplayed race as the film’s main issue when critics over-centered it.