Raw (2016)

A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.

Director:

Julia Ducournau

Writers:

Julia Ducournau (dialogue), Julia Ducournau (screenplay)

Stars:

Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella

22 wins & 43 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Garance Marillier	...	Justine
Ella Rumpf	...	Alexia
Rabah Nait Oufella	...	Adrien
Laurent Lucas	...	Le père
Joana Preiss	...	La mère
Bouli Lanners	...	Le routier
Marion Vernoux	...	L'Infirmière
Thomas Mustin	...	Chef du BDE
Marouan Iddoub	...	Bizut réfectoire
Jean-Louis Sbille	...	Professeur évaluations
Benjamin Boutboul	...	Vétéran cagoulé
Virgil Leclaire	...	Bizut couloir / Foot / Fin Coryphée
Anna Solomin	...	Vétérane couloir
Sophie Breyer	...	Bizute réfectoire
Danel Utegenova	...	Bizute toilettes

Storyline

Raised as a rigorous vegetarian, doe-eyed freshman, Justine, is sent off to the reputable Saint-Exupéry Veterinary school, where the black sheep of the family, her big sister, Alexia, is already studying. There, as she leaves the familial shelter, Justine abruptly moves into a mad new world of strange school traditions and vicious initiation tests, and before long, she will have to chew over her unshakable herbivorous beliefs. More and more, as Justine is descending deep into her uncharted animalistic tendencies, an unprecedented and equally unquenched craving for raw meat will replace her repulsion, transforming her into something she would have never expected. But, now that Justine's corporeal awakening is finally complete, is there a point denying her hunger?

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Plot Keywords:

cannibalism | coming of age | vegetarian | sister sister relationship | initiation rite | 

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Taglines:

She Craves Meat.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for aberrant behavior, bloody and grisly images, strong sexuality, nudity, language and drug use/partying

Did You Know?

Trivia

The raw chicken that Justine is eating out of the fridge is actually sugar. Garance Marillier said about the scene that while it didn't disgust her from chicken, it did disgust her from candies for life.

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Quotes

Le père: I'm sure you'll find a solution, honey.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies That Caused People to Walk Out (2018)

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Soundtracks

Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy
Written by Olivia Merilahti (credited as Olivia Merilahti), Dan Levy
Performed by The Dø
© Siamese Squids / BMG Rights Management (France)
(p) 2014 Get Down! Under Exclusive License to Cinq 7 / Wagram Music
With the kind permission of BMG Rights Management (France)

User Reviews

Close to a Good Idea, but Just a Mediocre Carying out With a Bad Explanation of Itself

I did like how the movie started. It was pretty tense for about half an hour, but after some rites, we all asked ourselves which university would be like that? Where are the teachers, why is there clearly no lesson? An university of just throwing parties. One of the main problems is, that the story of the main characters seems so unrealistic that we could only laugh about that movie. At some points it got some suspense, but the rest is just ugly gore. I think if they would have put some more thinking how to show and clever explain what happens to the characters, it would have been a better movie. 'Grave' does look a little bit like vegans made it to shock meatlovers. That's ok, but they should think of a better story next time. I recommend it for vegans. It must be the horrifically for them.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

France Belgium Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 March 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

Raw

Filming Locations:

Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,825, 12 March 2017

Gross USA:

$514,870

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,096,815

Company Credits

Production Co:

Petit Film, Rouge International, Frakas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1