Storyline
In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.
Directors
Cast
Bouli Lanners, Denis Mpunga, Joana Preiss, Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Jean-Louis Sbille, Marion Vernoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouan Iddoub, Helena Coppejans, Pierre Nisse, Alice D'Hauwe, Julianne Binard, Bérangère McNeese, Sophie Breyer, Virgil Leclaire, Benjamin Boutboul, Anna Solomin, Morgan Politi, Maïté Katinka Lonne, Amandine Hinnekens, Sibylle du Plessy, Alexis Julemont, Charlotte Sandersen
Trailer
Reviews
91
Although the film is rooted in arthouse film territory, and is particularly inspired by the films of David Cronenberg and David Lynch, Raw turns out to be its own wild animal.
90
It’s rare to see such confidence in a first feature, yet Ducournau seems to know where she’s going at all times, keeping the narrative lean and mean while utilizing an array of stylistic techniques – slow-motion, sequence shots and tons of on-screen prosthetics – that never let up until the witty, and inevitably grisly, final scene.
90
The young cast, from the newbie leads to an army of go-for-it extras, are terrific, and Marillier is something else – ferociously expressive in a performance that’s no-holds-barred on every front.
90
Raw is a deliciously fevered stew of nightmare fuel that hangs together with a breezily confident sense of superior craft.
90
To say that Ducournau’s cinematic introduction is assured would be an understatement; it’s a shrewd, insightful, and surprisingly funny film that feels like the work of a more accomplished filmmaker who has refined their talents over the course of many films and years.
