Raw (film)

Raw
Directed by Julia Ducournau
Produced by Jean de Forêts
Written by Julia Ducournau
Starring Garance Marillier
Music by Jim Williams
Cinematography Ruben Impens
Edited by Jean-Christophe Bouzy
Production
companies
  • Frakas Productions
  • Petit Film
  • Rouge International
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) (Cannes)[2]
  • 15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) (France)[3]
Running time
99 minutes[3]
Country
  • France
  • Belgium
Language French

Raw, alternatively titled Grave, is a 2016 French-Belgian horror film written and directed by Julia Ducournau.[4] The film stars Garance Marillier as a vegetarian college student who, following an initiation ritual, becomes a cannibal.

The film was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.[2][5]

During a screening at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, some viewers received emergency medical services after fainting from the film's graphic scenes.[6][7]

Cast

Awards

References

  1. Kate Erbland (2016-07-08). "Film Acquisition Rundown: Zeitgeist Films Buys 'Don't Call Me Son,' Focus World Hungry For 'Raw' And More". IndieWire. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  2. 1 2 "Grave". Semaine de la Critique.
  3. 1 2 "Raw (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Shoot about to kick off for Julia Ducournau's Raw". Cineuropa.
  5. Rebecca Ford (21 May 2016). "Cannes: 'Toni Erdmann,' 'Dogs' Take Fipresci Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  6. Tatiana Siegel (2016-09-13). "Toronto: Multiple Moviegoers Pass Out During Cannibal Movie 'Raw' Screening". www.msn.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  7. Adam Gabbatt (2016-09-14). "Cannibal horror film too Raw for viewers as paramedics are called". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  8. "Maren Ade's "Toni Erdmann" Wins the Critics Prize in Cannes" (Press release). FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  9. "60th BFI London Film Festival announces 2016 awards winners" (Press release). BFI. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

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