Acid je fantastični dramski film na francuskom jeziku iz 2023. u režiji Just Philippota prema scenariju Philippota i Yacine Badday. Film je koprodukcija Francuske i Belgije. To je ekspanzija istoimenog Philippotovog kratkog filma iz 2018. Film je premijerno prikazan na 76. Filmskom festivalu u Cannesu 21. maja 2023.
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00:00After the incident in which several employees were badly injured, the employees at the factory
00:04entered the office seeking justice because their boss refused to take responsibility.
00:08Soon things become violent because the employees begin to break everything they can find.
00:13When the police finally arrive, the employees rush at them, and Mikal jumps at the policeman to start beating him.
00:18Another policeman comes after him to arrest and arrest him.
00:22A little later, a video recording of Mikal's arrest is still on the network, and teenagers like to laugh at him.
00:27Because of this, Mikal's daughter Selma runs away, and she grabs a pile of horse manure
00:31to throw it on the face of her classmate.
00:34After talking to the director, her mother Elise no longer knows what to do.
00:38Selma is amused by how her parents divorced, and Mikal is sent to prison,
00:42although he was recently released with a detention monitor.
00:45One night while she was staying with her father, Selma watches the news and finds out that in Latin America
00:49it rains a thousand times more sour than usual, which killed thousands of wild animals.
00:54This rain is caused by pollution and global warming,
00:57and scientists predict that it will soon reach the northern hemisphere.
01:01The next day, heavy rain begins, and Elise realizes that Selma left the window of her room open,
01:05so she put her handkerchief under it to avoid water.
01:08Then she falls asleep on her daughter's bed, noticing that her handkerchief began to lose color.
01:13The next day there is no rain, but it is still very cloudy, and people follow the news
01:17because the rain still appears in sunny places in the country.
01:20At work, Mikal notices that the wet floor has a strange consistency.
01:24At that moment, he receives a call from Elise, who wants to pick up Selma from school earlier,
01:28because she is worried about the problem with the rain.
01:30Since her car is at the service, Mikal will have to drive it.
01:34However, when they arrive at school, they find out that the class has gone for a walk,
01:37and the students have left their phones behind them.
01:40They go through the forest to find Selma, but all the parents think the same,
01:44and there is a crowd that does not allow them to pass.
01:46Huge dark clouds are already forming above the forest,
01:49so Mikal hurriedly leaves the road to find his daughters.
01:52In the meantime, Selma is not a very good rider, so she is stuck in the forest,
01:55while her friends from the class go forward.
01:58A few drops of rain begin to fall, burn the poles on the ground and injure the horses.
02:02The horses in panic run and push Selma to fall.
02:05When Mikal and Elise get close enough to the forest, they realize that there is no place for cars here.
02:10Then Mikal gets out of the vehicle and continues on foot,
02:13first looking for a stable where the poor horses are grazing.
02:16Selma also runs, and soon she finally returns,
02:19and meets her father again when he comes out.
02:22They hurry, managing to enter the building for training just before it starts to rain.
02:26A few drops manage to pass through the holes on the ceiling, burning the ground.
02:30Mikal is looking for some blankets that they can use to hide,
02:33while he calls Elise to tell her about their location.
02:36Elise has trouble driving because the heavy rain affects visibility,
02:39but in the end she finds the building and parks outside so that Mikal and Selma can enter.
02:43While returning to the road, they hear people screaming in pain caused by the acid rain.
02:48In the end, they find the road blocked again and cannot return,
02:51because there are cars behind them, all with melted paint.
02:55When Elise finds the opening, she drives to the right just to get stuck in the other part of the traffic jam.
03:00This allows some people to pull their doors,
03:03and a guy with a badly damaged face even manages to enter.
03:06But Mikal immediately throws him out and tries to lock the door correctly.
03:10Then Elise finds another opening and drives again as fast as she can,
03:13pushing a bunch of cars along the way in that process.
03:16Selma can no longer contain her panic,
03:18and she looks at how the paint on the ceiling is changing color.
03:21A few moments later, it finally stops raining,
03:24and the area is covered with bodies and objects that were soaked in acid.
03:28The family stops at the supermarket parking lot and takes a bunch of clothes and blankets to cover themselves and the car.
03:34Elise calls her brother, but he can't join them because the roads are blocked.
03:38Mikal tries to call his girlfriend, but gets a self-defense message.
03:42From the next few hours, the family is driving to leave the country, which many people are trying to do.
03:48In the evening, the car finally stops working because of all the damage to the acid,
03:52and the back doors are jammed.
03:54Mikal hits him a few times with his foot to open it,
03:56while he tells Selma not to breathe in case of acid spraying.
04:00After that, the family wanders around until they find the abandoned building.
04:03Mikal notices that there are no other people inside,
04:06and he is surprised to discover that the place is set up for fun, which could not be there.
04:10There is also a cat that steals food for fun, and Selma wants to help her,
04:14but Elise stops her because there may be acid on her ass.
04:18Mikal finally manages to contact his girlfriend and confirms that she is fine, but soon loses the signal.
04:23Water from the tap is flowing, but they can't be sure if it's safe water,
04:26so Mikal puts a little in a bowl and leaves the cat to drink it.
04:29Selma gets angry because she uses a poor animal and immediately empties the bowl into the sink.
04:34Elise at least found flushed water and gave it to Selma.
04:37Then they use some foil bowls and tapes to cover their feet for additional protection.
04:42A few minutes later, it seems that the bowl is soaked, which means that the water from the tap is not safe.
04:48The only thing in the fridge is alcohol and food for fun, so they have it for dinner.
04:52Selma is worried because she doesn't think they can survive on foot,
04:56and when her parents try to talk about ideas, there is a fight.
05:00They yell at each other not to hear Selma, who begs them to stop,
05:03and Mikal is so angry that he breaks the glass and goes out of the room.
05:07Later, they go to sleep, but they can hear raindrops rustling through the weak points on the ceiling.
05:12Selma can't sleep and decides to look for the cat,
05:15just to find a trail of blood that leads to the dead body of a cat.
05:19Upset, Selma returns and lies with her mother to rest.
05:22The next morning, the family returns to the road.
05:25For now, it doesn't rain, and many other people are also trying to leave the country on foot.
05:30The crowd is getting bigger as the hours go by,
05:32and when they finally find a bridge, dozens of people and cars are jammed.
05:36It turned out that the police block roads and allow only small groups of people
05:40to pass every few minutes for security reasons.
05:44But Gomelo doesn't care and continues to push each other,
05:47which causes Elise to separate from her family.
05:50When the police finally allow the other smaller group to pass,
05:53Elise is also pushed forward.
05:55She tries to tell the police that her family is there, but they don't care and force her to continue.
06:00As she crosses the bridge, she discovers that there is a huge hole in the middle,
06:03which explains the position of the police.
06:05The crowd becomes stronger and stronger every second,
06:07and Selma is almost broken, so the police have to burn a tear to force them to retreat.
06:12At that moment, the bridge makes a strange noise,
06:14and when the group looks up, they discover that the bridge is collapsing.
06:17The blood that fell immediately killed several people,
06:20and the others began to run, but the people in front of them did not notice
06:23and are still pushing to cross, causing conflict between the two groups.
06:26Elise tries to get to her family, but is stuck between the bodies that are pushing,
06:31and all this chaos causes the fence to break.
06:33Several people fall into the water, including Elise,
06:36whose skin immediately starts to burn from the acid.
06:38Selma notices this and leaves the bridge to run ashore, desperately trying to save her mother.
06:43However, Mikal follows and stops her right before she touches the water,
06:47so now they have to watch in tears as Elise's dead body floats on.
06:52Since the bridge can no longer be used, the police take the rest of the crowd to the military base.
06:57Mikal calls his girlfriend, but it's not Elise, her brother doesn't show up.
07:00Then the group is divided into various military trucks and parts of slightly flushing water that they have during the journey.
07:06At the end of the truck, the path is blocked,
07:08so the soldiers force everyone to get out of the vehicle to continue on foot,
07:12using red smoke as a signal not to get lost.
07:15At that moment, they notice that the dark clouds are approaching, so they start running as fast as they can.
07:20Selma is weak and constantly falling, so Mikal has to help her get up and support her as they move.
07:25This delay causes her to lose a lot, but luckily Mikal finds a tunnel nearby
07:30and quickly digs out all the leaves and dirt to make enough space to hide just before the storm begins.
07:36It rains so much that part of it enters the tunnel and melts the dirt,
07:40so Mikal and Selma have to keep moving in the dark.
07:43In the end, Mikal slips and falls, and so he touches the acid and starts bleeding.
07:48A few moments later, he finally finds a way out of the tunnel.
07:52The rain has stopped, but Mikal's phone has no battery to call for help.
07:56The duo continues to travel for hours and eventually finds several houses,
07:59but no one responds to Mikal's desperate knocking.
08:02Resistance and pain finally overwhelm him, and he, unaware of Selma's pain,
08:06wails in the middle of the street, asking for help.
08:09When Mikal wakes up, he discovers that he is in one of the houses that belongs to Debra and her son.
08:13Debra shares a bottle of wound water and a clean cloth with them,
08:16but refuses to share food because she only has enough for herself and her son.
08:20Selma wanders around the house and finds a room full of acid fumes
08:23with a strange machine protected with plastic.
08:25When she prepares to touch it, Debra stops her,
08:28explaining that it is important for the dialysis of her son.
08:31Mikal voluntarily offers to help her bring the machine down
08:34so that the boy would not be exposed to acid.
08:36Debra is so grateful and agrees to share the food with them and let them spend the night.
08:41Then Mikal stabs the axe and tries to enter the neighbor's house,
08:44but there is no way out, so he has to hurry back before he makes any progress.
08:49The flood begins to rage outside, and Debra knows that the house will not last,
08:53so she makes a difficult decision.
08:55For safety, Mikal decides to sleep in the garage instead of the room,
08:58and when they move, Selma secretly locks Debra's door,
09:02then goes to bed with her son, singing to him to sleep while he waits for the end.
09:06Soon, many places around the house begin to melt, especially the water taps.
09:10The walls are covered with mud, as if blood and terrible smoke are starting to come out of the heater.
09:15Mikal and Selma wake up from the noise of the house, which is slowly falling apart,
09:18and they try to check on their hosts just to find out that the doors are locked.
09:22As the toxic fumes begin to reach Debra and the boy,
09:25the upper floor finally falls apart,
09:27and Mikal has to pull Selma out of the door while she shouts the boy's name.
09:31She does not want to leave their new friend,
09:33but Mikal only pushed Debra's car before he opened the garage and drove away.
09:37It is extremely dark outside, and Mikal tries to drive fast in the front light as a driver.
09:42The car is on the power, and the computer voice constantly announces
09:45that the system is failing to the extent that it is forcing the car to stop for the safety of its passengers.
09:51Mikal hits him several times to fix it again and continues to drive without thinking about fate.
09:56After traveling for hours without rain,
09:58there is nothing but open fields, and Mikal stops the car.
10:02Selma tries to push him to admit that he got lost,
10:05and Mikal breaks, screaming at her before getting out of the car.
10:08Soon, Mikal's leg starts to burn,
10:10so he returns to the car and finds that Selma is not there.
10:13She tries to escape, but also has problems with the ignition,
10:16so she climbs on top of the structure that is sinking.
10:19Mikal hears her scream and drives towards her,
10:21but the car is also starting to sink into the mud, so he has to continue walking.
10:25He arrived to Selma on time and carries her on his back,
10:27which means that his legs are burning while he is moving.
10:30He manages to get back to the car and climb on top of it, where Mikal is unaware of.
10:34The next morning, Selma wakes up when she hears a truck
10:37and discovers that the army has come to save her.
10:40The couple is taken to a safe shelter,
10:42and Mikal is given medicine from him while Selma asks for her doctor.
10:46He is not found in any database of the shelter,
10:48but he finds the name of Mikal's girlfriend, who is unfortunately dead.
10:52When Selma is finally allowed to see her father,
10:55she is comforted and decides not to associate bad news with it.
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