Raw
Raw is a 2016 coming-of-age body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau, and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait Oufella. The plot follows a young vegetarian's first year at veterinary school, where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for human flesh.
Plot
Lifelong vegetarian Justine begins her first semester at veterinary school, the same one her older sister Alexia is attending and where their parents met. On her first night, she meets her roommate Adrien, and they are forced to partake in a week-long hazing ritual, welcoming the new students. They are brought to a party, where Alexia shows Justine old class photos of students bathed in blood, including one with their parents. The next morning, the new class is splattered with blood and is forced to eat raw rabbit kidneys. Justine refuses because of her vegetarianism, but Alexia forces her to eat one. Justine leaves with Adrien and later discovers an itchy rash all over her body. She goes to the doctor, who diagnoses her with food poisoning and gives her cream for the rash.
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author | Julia Ducournau |
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award | Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction Magritte Award for Best Production Design |
contentLocation | Western Europe |
director | Julia Ducournau |
editor | Jean-Christophe Bouzy |
events | abnormality corporeality human cannibalism human nature self-discovery Sibling relationship wish |
genre | drama horror |
keywords | bikini wax bite deserted road doctor who eat first time food poisoning force gas station haze human meat kidney kill kiss morning new student older sister poison rabbit vegetarian veterinary |
musicBy | Jim Williams |
nomination | César Award for Best Director César Award for Best First Feature Film César Award for Best Writing |
producer | Jean de Forêts |
productionCompany | Ezekiel Film Production Frakas Productions Petit Film Rouge International Wild Bunch |
publisher | O'Brother Distribution Wild Bunch |
theme | body horror coming-of-age lgbt-related splatter teen teen horror |