Erotic performer Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) has a head scar from a childhood car accident. She is hounded by her male fans. One get especially pushy and she stabs him to death. She has sex in a mysterious car. She continues to kill. She gets pregnant somewhere along the way. She masquerades as a missing boy and reunites with the boy's father Vincent (Vincent Lindon) who takes her in as the boy.
This is one strange film. It's a French body horror. It starts like a damaged girl gone bad. It has a bit of Crash, the good Cronenberg movie not the other one. It gets surreal and then it gets weird. It gets confused. It gets weirder and then it gets extremely weird with the body horror. It's doing stuff with toxic masculinity and body image and sexuality and self-denial and... and... and... I was at the edge of my seat with the baby reveal. Quite frankly, it's a little bit of a letdown. I was expecting something weirder like a Demon Seed. This is a must-see for people who loves weird. It is challenging at times but it's never boring.
This is one strange film. It's a French body horror. It starts like a damaged girl gone bad. It has a bit of Crash, the good Cronenberg movie not the other one. It gets surreal and then it gets weird. It gets confused. It gets weirder and then it gets extremely weird with the body horror. It's doing stuff with toxic masculinity and body image and sexuality and self-denial and... and... and... I was at the edge of my seat with the baby reveal. Quite frankly, it's a little bit of a letdown. I was expecting something weirder like a Demon Seed. This is a must-see for people who loves weird. It is challenging at times but it's never boring.