A tour-de-force provocation by French auteur Bertrand Bonello, Nocturama imagines a teenage act of terrorism in Paris freed from ideology and motivation. The first half proceeds like a thriller, the second, like a siege film set in a luxe department store.. A seductive portrait of young, lost souls.

French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa’s second feature is a flamboyant spectacle: a mix of thriller, comedy and melodrama overflowing with queer effervescence. Calling Fassbinder to mind, its 70s atmosphere and cult aura render an impossibly eccentric take on Europe’s political unrest and moral decay.