The Vourdalak

The Vourdalak
French theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Vourdalak
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Directed byAdrien Beau
Screenplay byAdrien Beau
Hadrien Bouvier
Based onThe Family of the Vourdalak
by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Produced byJudith Lou Lévy
Lola Pacchioni
Marco Pacchioni
StarringKacey Mottet Klein
Ariane Labed
Grégoire Colin
CinematographyDavid Chizallet
Edited byAlan Jobart
Music byMaïa Xifaras
Martin Le Nouvel
Production
companies
Les films du bal
Master Movies
Distributed byThe Jokers
Release dates
  • 2 September 2023 (2023-09-02) (Venice)
  • 25 October 2023 (2023-10-25)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$78,527

The Vourdalak (French: Le Vourdalak) is a 2023 French drama-horror film directed by Adrien Beau, in his feature film debut, co-written by Beau and Hadrien Bouvier, based on Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's 1839 novella The Family of the Vourdalak. Starring Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin and Vassili Schneider.

The film had its world premiere in the Critics Week section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2023. It was theatrically released in France on 25 October by The Jokers, to critical acclaim.