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Baise-moi
Sign in to saveBaise-moi is a 2000 French erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an example of the "New French Extremity".
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4.8Nadine and Manu are two mad women, as tidy as can be, almost perfectionists. They have several things in common: extreme sex, drugs, beer and the trigger. They find the solution to their problems with guns and beware to those who dare to get in their way!
Cast
- Karen Lancaume as Nadine
- Raffaëla Anderson as Manu
- Ouassini Embarek as Radouan
- Adama Niane as Man in Pool Hall
- Marc Barrow as Hotel Receptionist
- Patrick Eudeline as Francis
Themes
- rape
- nihilism
- sadism
- women's sexual identity
- feminism
- revenge
- murder
- woman director
- depravity
- new french extremism
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Baise-moi
- Film.image
- Baise-Moi.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Virginie DespentesCoralie Trinh Thi
- Film.producer
- Philippe Godeau
- Film.writer
- Virginie DespentesCoralie Trinh Thi
- Film.starring
- Karen LancaumeRaffaëla Anderson
- Film.music
- Varou Jan
- Film.cinematography
- Benoît ChamaillardJulien Pamart
- Film.editing
- Aïlo Auguste-JudithFrancine LemaitreVéronique Rosa
- Film.studio
- Pan-EuropéenneCanal+Take OneWild Bunch
- Film.distributor
- Pan-Européenne Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 77 minutes
- Film.country
- France
- Film.language
- French
- Film.budget
- €1.39 million($1.35 million)
- Film.gross
- $940,944
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Baise-moi is a 2000 French erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an example of the "New French Extremity".
As a French noun, un baiser means "a kiss", but as a verb, baiser means "to fuck", so Baise-moi () means "Fuck me". In some markets the film has been screened as "Rape me", but the French for "rape me" is "viole-moi". In a 2002 interview, Rape Me was rejected by the directors.
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