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Baise Moi (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 13
Rotten:43
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Consensus: Heavy on the sex and violence, Baise Moi is not so much a daring as a sloppy piece of work.
Runtime: 77 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: BAISE-MOI, based on the controversial novel written by codirector Virginie Despentes, is a vivid and brutal reality-based exploration of two women's attempts to reclaim their sexual power.... BAISE-MOI, based on the controversial novel written by codirector Virginie Despentes, is a vivid and brutal reality-based exploration of two women's attempts to reclaim their sexual power. Real-life porn stars Raffaela Anderson and Karen Bach star as the film's THELMA AND LOUISE-style anti-heros. Manu (Raffaela Anderson), a porn actress, is the victim of a violent gang rape, depicted graphically in the first fifteen minutes of the film, that fills her with internal rage and violent aggression. She sets out on a road trip and meets Delphine (Karen Bach), a drug-addled former prostitute with an aggressive streak. Delphine and Manu join forces and begin on a revenge-fueled sexual rampage, seducing and killing with reckless abandon. Delphine and Manu are furious and empowered by their sexual prowess; they wield their guns and lingerie-clad bodies like true professionals. Adrenaline drives their killing spree, set to a pounding punk rock score, and murder becomes implicitly linked to sexual gratification. Directors Virginie Despentes (a former prostitute) and Coralie Trinh Thi (a former porno actress) shot the film in gritty digital video at a fast-paced reckless clip of 76 minutes, heightening the acute sense of urgency and nihilistic desperation of the two women. Despentes and Trinh Thi blur the lines between cinema and reality and delve into the dark recesses of female psychology. By shooting real hard-core sex scenes and employing former porn actresses, they create a compelling and daring film that sets the conventional notions of female sexual appetite on end. [More]
Starring: Karen Bach, Raffaela Anderson, H. P-G, Ouassini Embark
Starring: Karen Bach, Raffaela Anderson, H. P-G, Ouassini Embark
Director: Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes
Director: Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes
Producer: Philippe Godeau, Baudoin Capet
Composer: Varou Jan
Studio: FilmFixx
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Reviews for Baise Moi
Coarse, rough-hewn and rather unsophisticated, cinematically speaking, Baise Moi nonetheless succeeds largely on its gritty realism. It's a cinematic jab to the solar plexis.
While Baise Moi fails as an art film, it's a first rate example of exploitation cinema.
Baise Moi is so busy showing us penises, vaginas, breasts, penetration, rape, murder and on and on that it forgets to make its points.
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