Directed by:
Julia DucournauScreenplay:
Julia DucournauCinematography:
Ruben ImpensComposer:
Jim WilliamsCast:
Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Naït Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Bouli Lanners, Joana Preiss, Marion Vernoux, Denis Mpunga, Jean-Louis Sbille, Sophie Breyer (more)Plots(1)
Raw made its World Premiere in Cannes Critics Week where it won the coveted FIPRESCI Prize, and left audiences aghast with some of the most shocking and powerful on-screen imagery since Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible. The atmosphere in the cinema that day was one of the most electric the Monster team had ever witnessed - from the start we could sense a nervous anticipation in the room and then from the very first scene, it kicks you in the head with a power that is raw and fierce. Raw is one of the finest directorial debuts in the genre space in a long time, it tells the story of a teenage girl who joins her sister at a prestigious veterinary college, and is forced to partake in a hazing ritual that sees her defying her vegan upbringing by consuming raw rabbit liver. From here she develops an insatiable desire for flesh - of all types, and what we witness is a coming-of-age like no other, an awakening that is carnal and primal and that takes its central character, and its viewing audience, on a journey that is simultaneously harrowing and beautiful. Filmmaker Julia Ducournau has made a something very special here, a gorgeous cinematic exploration of family and cannibalism, a film that’ll seep its way deep into your psyche and resonate long after the closing credits - make no mistake, this is one of the films of the year. (Monster Pictures)
(more)Cast
Garance Marillier
France
Ella Rumpf
France
Best movies:
The Divine Order (2017)
Soul of a Beast (2021)
War (2014)
Laurent Lucas
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
Floride (2015)
The Odyssey (2016)
Bouli Lanners
Belgium
Best movies:
A Town Called Panic (2009)
Toto the Hero (1991)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Joana Preiss
France
Best movies:
Paris, I Love You (2006)
Close to Leo (2002) (TV movie)
In Paris (2006)
Marion Vernoux
Best movies:
Raw (2016)
Denis Mpunga
Best movies:
The Climb (2017)
Lola (2019)
In the Name of the Son (2012)
Jean-Louis Sbille
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
The King Is Dancing (2000)
La Chance de ma vie (2011)
Virgil Leclaire
Best movies:
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Le Brio (2017)
Nicolas Le Floch (2008) (series)
Marouan Iddoub
Best movies:
Raw (2016)
André Pasquasy
Best movies:
Lola (2019)
Kursk (2018)
Where Hands Touch (2018)
Thomas Mustin
Belgium
Best movies:
Odd Job (2016)
Raw (2016)
You Will Not Have My Hate (2022)
Helena Coppejans
Best movies:
Raw (2016)
The Hole in the Ground (2019)