After screening at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Julia Ducournau’s award-winning psychological cannibal thriller Raw (read my review) opened here in the States to rave reviews (and screenings with barf bags). It’s now releasing in Australian cinemas on April 20th through Monster Pictures, who shared with Bloody Disgusting this exclusive viral video prank in which they sent a young woman to the streets with a bag of body parts. Covered in blood and consuming flesh in front of tons o pedestrians, I can’t believe nobody called the police!
Our very own Joe Lipsett also reviewed Raw, explaining that it “perfectly balances horrific and comedic elements.”
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The dark coming-of-age tale captivated audiences at Cannes, TIFF, London Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest earlier this year, and also wowing audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Garance Marillier portrays the teenaged Justine, who commences her studies at veterinary school to follow in her family members’ footsteps. Raised as a vegetarian, Justine is pressured at school to try meat for the first time. Once she does, she plumbs both the depths of her own soul and tests the limits of her darkest cravings.
The Petit Film/Rouge International/FraKas Productions film world-premiered at the 2016 Cannes International Film Festival in the International Critics’ Week section, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Produced by Petit Film’s Jean des Forêts, the French-language Raw stars Garance Marillier and is the debut feature from Ms. Ducournau.
