The Origin of Evil

The Origin of Evil is a French-Canadian drama and thriller about a woman who enters a wealthy family she has never known. Stéphane, whose own family life has been consumed by jealousy and resentment, reinvents her past to make an impression on a rich and powerful man and the women around him. She arrives at a lavish villa by the sea, where she meets an unfamiliar and affluent father, his extravagant wife, his ambitious daughter, a rebellious teenager and the household's unsettling maid. The story unfolds among suspicion and lies as the mystery deepens. The film is directed by Sébastien Marnier, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fanny Burdino, and Caroline Bonmarchand produced it. Laure Calamy plays Nathalie Cordier, with Doria Tillier, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Weber, Suzanne Clément and Véronique Ruggia Saura among the cast. It runs 123 minutes. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 163 votes, a modest score suggesting a mixed response from those who have seen it.