TIFF 2011: New Clip From Brilliant French SciFi CARRE BLANC

Of all the experiences lying in store at the 2011 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most anticipated is the chance to see Jean-Baptiste Leonetti's Carre Blanc with a paying audience. Not because I am curious about the film itself - I have already seen it - but for the chance to witness an audience discovering a major new talent. Here is an excerpt from Colin Geddes' notes on the film for the festival program guide:

A young boy ekes out an existence with his mother in an austere, unidentified city where loudspeakers make strange announcements and proclamations, a rapidly declining po­pulation resides in grim high-rises and the weak are killed and likely used for meat. In the wake of a suicide attempt, the boy undergoes a harsh rehabilitation in a state-run school. When we next see him, he's a productive adult member of society (Sami Bouajila), estranged from his wife (Julie Gayet) and working for a nameless organization, where he puts other employees through a series of humiliating and bizarre performance tests.

Carré blanc's cold, corporate world and atmosphere of impotent rage evoke the best of Orwell and Kafka. Making his feature debut, writer-director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti doesn't provide easy answers regarding this infernal world in which there is no escape from the watchful eye of a cruel state, where nets surround apartment buildings to catch the frequent jumpers and people have, apparently, stopped having children -- or have begun to hide them.

Twitch was proud to present the first clips from the film, followed by the French theatrical trailer. And now we have the first look at another clip - English subtitles included - in which we get a grim look behind the polished veneer of this closely regulated society. Check it below.