"Sacrifice" by Romain Gavras premieres at Toronto International Film Festival
Α film in co-operation with Onassis Culture
An environmental conference is disrupted, first by celebrities and then by eco-terrorists. Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Vincent Cassel, Salma Hayek Pinault, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Charli XCX, and Jonatan “Yung Lean” Leandoer star in the new film of the Greek-French director, a satirical action-adventure shot in Greece and co-produced by Onassis Culture.
In Sacrifice, Joan (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her siblings, driven by a mysterious volcanic prophecy, believe it is their duty to cleanse the Earth. Their radical group hijacks a glamorous charity gala and takes three unlikely hostages for a sacrificial ritual: their hero, movie star Mike Tyler (Chris Evans); their villain, pragmatically cold billionaire Ben Bracken (Vincent Cassel); and their lover, an unlucky performer named Katie (Ambika Mod). As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.
Thought-provoking, visually arresting, and powered by a kinetic original script co-written with Will Arbery (Succession), Romain Gavras’ English-language debut, Sacrifice, is a satirical action-adventure and visually explosive epic led by a magnetic star-studded ensemble, also featuring Salma Hayek Pinault, Yung Lean, and Charli XCX. Onassis Culture is proud to be part of the film, continuing its creative collaboration with Romain Gavras that began with Gener8ion and Athena.