by Melissa Strong, Contributor
Though rendering women’s bodies grotesque, body horror can challenge gender norms and beauty standards that include the relationship between a woman’s physical attractiveness and her worth and the contradictory expectations of purity and sexual receptiveness.
Written and directed by Claire Denis
Starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and André Benjamin
Running Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
MPAA rating: R for disturbing sexual and violent content including sexual assault, graphic nudity, and for language
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
I went into this film knowing only that it was about Monte, who is a father played by Robert Pattinson, and his daughter surviving alone in deep space and that it was directed by Claire Denis. Ok. Now look at the MPAA rating reasoning up above. Perhaps add to it that, in addition to the humans, there are animals in some dire conditions that don’t turn out so great either. These graphic depictions aren’t done without reason and aren’t gratuitous, but they exist and it’s worth warning people if they aren’t up for that sort of thing. These are probably the only things you really need to know going into this.
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