French horror film "Evolution": Male pregnancy and probably other changes

[Mindi Flyth]

A new French film at the TIFF festival got a lot of attention and is on its way to a release in the US. Evolution is a story about a bunch of young boys on an island with their mothers, but apparently as the film goes on we learn that these people aren't quite humans, the boys are going to be impregnated and their mothers (maybe?) aren't really their mothers.

This review is pretty spoilery. It sounds intriguing, but there's still a lot we don't know. The mothers are described as "Stepford-like" and I get the impression there may be a monstrous element to them, that their humanity is an illusion or they somehow change over the course of the film. Apparently we eventually find out why there are no men on the island, and I'm wondering if there may be some TG element there, like maybe the boys eventually become the "mothers". Apparently there's some "body horror" here, and I get the feeling that the pregnancy stuff is dealt with in some detail. One review (either the Variety one or another) describes the pregnancy (and birth) taking place through the navel.

I'll be very curious to learn more. If anybody has seen this, hopefully they'll post their thoughts!

Here's a short clip from the film. Just a boy swimming and a glimpse of some of the women and kids on the island.