In a sleepy fishing village in northern France two teams of extraterrastials descend from area in human type to wage battle over the way forward for humanity in French director Bruno Dumont’s new sci-fi movie “The Empire”. The movie, which premieres on Sunday on the Berlin Film Festival, is certainly one of 20 films competing for the pageant’s Golden Bear prize.

It casts Romanian-French actress Anamaria Vartolomei because the chief of the great aliens, pitted towards evil aliens led by newcomer Brandon Vlieghe in a light-hearted area opera. The two teams descend from area the place the evil aliens stay aboard a flying neo-Classical palace to the strains of Bach enjoying within the background, whereas the great aliens lurk aboard a model of Paris’s Gothic-style Sainte Chapelle chapel that flits among the many stars.

“I love space opera,” Dumont advised reporters. “It’s a fascinating way to address complex topics like the origins of the world and the meaning of time. But I wanted to remain within the earthly realm that I’m used to.” Things go awry for the 2 alien races once they deliver their dispute to earth: with human type comes human frailty, and the pitfall of affection. When two enemies fall in love, one thing new emerges.

“She was an action hero at the beginning,” Vartolomei mentioned of her sabre-weilding character Jane. “But later she becomes a woman tortured by her feelings.”

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