Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
Storyline
When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her.
Writers: Julia Ducournau, Julia Ducournau, Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouan Iddoub, Jean-Louis Sbille, Benjamin Boutboul, Virgil Leclaire, Anna Solomin, Sophie Breyer, Danel Utegenova, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Cast: Garance Marillier -
Justine
Ella Rumpf -
Alexia
Rabah Nait Oufella -
Adrien
Laurent Lucas -
Le père
Joana Preiss -
La mère
Bouli Lanners -
Le routier
Marion Vernoux -
L'Infirmière
Thomas Mustin -
Chef du BDE
Marouan Iddoub -
Bizut réfectoire
Jean-Louis Sbille -
Professeur évaluations
Benjamin Boutboul -
Vétéran cagoulé
Virgil Leclaire -
Bizut couloir /
Foot /
Fin Coryphée
Anna Solomin -
Vétérane couloir
Sophie Breyer -
Bizute réfectoire
Danel Utegenova -
Bizute toilettes
Taglines:
What are you hungry for?
Country: France, Belgium
Language: French
Release Date: 3 Jan 2016
Box Office Details
Budget: €3,500,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Trivia:
Over 30 people left the cinema when this movie was shown in Sweden. Two people fainted and some ran for the toilet to puke. See more »
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Rating: 10/10
'RAW' made me remember why I love movies. I can't wait for you all to
feast your eyes and stomachs on first time French director Julia
Ducournau's masterpiece in cinema, simply titled 'RAW'. Julia takes an
overly done genre trope (cannibalism) and completely makes it fresh,
organic, and ready to serve to the masses in a very beautiful, elegant,
and most disturbing way in which a young woman is on a coming- of-age
quest in her life and discovers her sexual side as well as a new
appetite.
This film hits on some real primal emotions that I did not think I had
in me and had me completely hypnotized from start to finish in this
well-paced magnificent movie. The film follows the smart and shy young
woman Justine (Garance Marillier) as she enters her very first day of
university where everyone is learning to become veterinarian. At her
first party, she runs into her older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf), who is
also studying to be a veterinarian and who wants to both look after her
younger sister and torment her.
The older students certainly haze the incoming freshman, by making them
do some grueling tasks, including throwing animal blood over all of
them and making them eat raw animal organs. It's a difficult job for
Justine to eat the animal organs, since she and her whole family have
been vegan for all their lives, but in order to fit in, she is more or
less forced to take that first taste of raw meat. Turns out, she loves
it. Perhaps too much as she craves more and more of that raw meat.
At the same time, Justine is undergoing her sexual awakening, whether
it be with her gay male roommate or someone else in the school. The
parallels of both her food and sexual appetite are done in the most
subtle and gracious ways, and at no time do you ever dislike Justine or
her sister Alexia. On the contrary, these characters are so well
"fleshed" out that you want to be friends with them. As the film plays
out, Ducournau (who also wrote the screenplay) keeps delivering
surprises at every corner, keeping our minds racing, stomachs rumbling,
and story flowing.
The relationship between Alexia and Justine is simply fantastic. These
two sisters are so real and one of the themes of the film is loyalty
and family, which in no matter what obstacle comes your way, you stick
together. Mariellier and Rumpf turn in exquisite performances and this
being Ducournau's first film – I can't imagine how amazing her second
foray into filmmaking will be. The practical effects of gore here are
so realistic, that you might second guess yourself as to whether or not
anyone was really harmed during the film. That's how good it is. 'RAW'
is one of those films that comes around once every ten years and you
shouldn't miss it.
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