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Country: France, Language: French, 95 mins

Original Title

Grave
  • Director: Julia Ducournau
  • Writer: Julia Ducournau
  • Producer: Jean des Forêts; Julie Gayet

CGiii Comment

Eeew...what a thoroughly unpleasant film.

A vegetarian becomes a cannibal...well, there's nothing quite like going from one extreme to the other!

It's all just a bit difficult to swallow...what with all the body parts flying around, the throwing up and the equally carnivorous sister egging her on!

Things may have been a trifle more palatable if these sisters were - in any shape or form - likable...oooh, of that they most definitely are not.

It's a beautifully shot film...with some striking imagery. But...the message it leaves...well, let us not to spoil things...but, gay boys should stay well clear of cannibalistic sisters and ski poles!


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The(ir) Blurb...

In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Cast & Characters

Garance Marillier as Justine;
Ella Rumpf as Alexia;
Rabah Nait Oufella as Adrien;
Laurent Lucas as Le pere;
Bouli Lanners as Le routier;
Joana Preiss as La mere;
Marion Vernoux as L'Infirmiere;
Denis Mpunga as Le professeur d'anatomie bovine;
Jean-Louis Sbille as Le professeur