In an industrial seaside town with its labyrinth of streets, strangers are suddenly bursting into flames for no apparent reason. Are they committing suicide? Is it murder? Or some kind of supernatural phenomenon? And on the city walls, a signature appears: six letters spelling out the word “MOLOCH”. Louise, an ambitious and vulnerable young journalist, along with Gabriel, a bereaved psychiatrist, will head up the investigation.
OUR TAKE Arnaud Malherbe’s latest creation is dark and enigmatic, adopting the style of a fantasy thriller and holding a mirror up against these uncertain times. With bewitching direction as it assembles a puzzle in suburban confusion, Moloch oscillates between investigation and myth, invoking a world that is gasping its last breath.