only 5 stars because I was definitely offended, which almost never happens. I don't like horror movies for their display of violence as a turn on. Here the violence might be metaphorical in some twisted intellectual reasoning, but it's first and foremost senseless horrific gore that no metaphorical gain can justify. Still think Claire Denis is a great director, maybe morally challenged though.
Description:Modern-day cannibalism is more like a disease du jour in this tale of Parisian seductress Coré, a woman with a cerebral malady that forces her to combine libido and appetite. A chance encounter with a honeymooning American husband who suffers the same affliction leads to a gory rampage. Vincent Gallo and Beatrice Dalle star in this gModern-day cannibalism is more like a disease du jour in this tale of Parisian seductress Coré, a woman with a cerebral malady that forces her to combine libido and appetite. A chance encounter with a honeymooning American husband who suffers the same affliction leads to a gory rampage. Vincent Gallo and Beatrice Dalle star in this gruesome yet stylish thriller that explores the link between unchecked sexual urges and society's moral decay.... (more)(less)
“only 5 stars because I was definitely offended, which almost never happens. I don't like horror movies for their display of violence as a turn on. Here the violence might be metaphorical in some twisted intellectual reasoning, but it's first and foremost senseless horrific gore that no metaphorical gain can justify. Still think Claire Denis is a great director, maybe morally challenged though.” read more
"Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane''s mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken. When Shane seeks out a self-exiled expert in the field, he happens upon the doctor''s wife, another victim of the same malady. She has become so dangerous and emotionally paralyzed by the condition that her husband imprisons her by day in t"
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Didn't enjoy this one as much as I expected to, but I will say that much of the visual and audio presentation is top-notch. Much of this movie is nearly too art-house, and while so many of the details are handled well, the over-all story is a huge miss with too many oversights to be fully forgiven.
Note: I don't cringe at much. But there's one scene in particular here that's truly uncomfortable. You've been warned."
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