The Swarm

 (French: La Nuée) is a French horror film directed by Just Philippot from a screenplay by Jérôme Genevray and Franck Victor. The movie is about a woman who develops an obsessional bond with grasshoppers.

The film was selected for the Cannes Critics’ Week 2020, but it was canceled in April due to the coronavirus crisis. The film was screened at France’s Angoulême Francophone Festival in August 2020, and it made its international debut at Spain’s Sitges Film Festival on October 18, 2020. Netflix bought the worldwide distribution rights to the film except France, Spain and China.

Summary
"A single mother breeds locusts as high-protein food, but has trouble getting them to reproduce — until she finds they have a taste for blood."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Suliane Brahim as Virginie Hébrard
 * Sofian Khammes as Karim
 * Marie Narbonne as Laura Hébrard
 * Raphaël Romand as Gaston Hébrard
 * Stéphan Castang as Eleveur 1
 * Victor Bonnel as Kévin
 * Christian Bouillette as Duvivier
 * Renan Prévot as Luc
 * Vincent Deniard as M. Briand

Awards
The movie was nominated for three Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2020 and won two.