Arte's film adaptation of Robert Merle's novel: Death Comes with an Erection

Pretend-Storm4566 · 2026-04-30T18:05:19+00:00

"Some women have always known: men mutate into monsters! Even the sight of a naked female calf causes young boys to twitch in convulsive excitement, be infested within seconds by animal hair growth and die shortly afterwards with an erect penis. Doctors face a mystery, only note that this disease only swepts men with high testosterone levels."

This has got to be satire - I hope.

brainquantum · 2026-04-30T21:04:52+00:00

So, is it inspired from his novel from 1970? according to the summary : ""The Virility Factor" by Robert Merle is a novel set in the 1970s, where a sex-linked disease, Encephalitis 16, devastates the male population, leaving women as the dominant force in society. The story follows the efforts of a group of scientists in a protected zone to find a vaccine, while the government and business are ruled by elite women. The novel explores themes of gender roles, power dynamics, and the consequences of a disease that affects men. It is a thought provoking read that reflects on the societal changes and inequalities that have occurred since its publication"

well yeah.. just this quick summary tells us why they have decided that a adaptation is timely lol. Now that an author wrote what was to be a dystopian futurist novel is one thing but I imagine that the debate surrounding its film adaptation will go further than discussing what was supposed to be a futurist novel...

Title	Arte's film adaptation of Robert Merle's novel: Death Comes with an Erection
Author	jamminnummeruno
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Date	April 30, 2026 6:41 AM UTC (2 months ago)
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