Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has not made a film since 2013's The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet, though he has kept busy on TV and with short films since then. But he's back in cinematic form – albeit for Netflix, having made his latest movie, like so many of his peers, for the streaming service. Take a look at the colorful, typically quirksome teaser trailer for Bigbug.
Jeunet's latest is set in 2050, and artificial intelligence is everywhere. So much so that humanity relies on it to satisfy its every need and every desire: even the most secret and wicked.
In a quiet residential area, four domestic robots suddenly decide to take their masters hostage in their own home. Locked together, a not-quite-so-blended family, an intrusive neighbour and her enterprising sex-robot are now forced to put up with each other in an increasingly hysterical atmosphere. While, outside, the Yonyx, the latest generation of androids, are trying to take over. As the threat draws closer, the humans look elsewhere, get jealous, and rip into each other under the bewildered eyes of their indoor robots.
Yes, everyone has their eye on robot uprisings right now, but Jeunet's promises to be as unique as his movies tend to be. The film will arrive on 11 February.