Babygirl is all about nuance and power. Nicole Kidman plays Romy, the CEO of a major robotics company, a powerful woman and a full-fledged mother. Her life is turned upside down when she meets the gaze of her young intern (Harris Dickinson), with whom she maintains an affair based on domination.
The film, inspired by the erotic thrillers of the nineties, turns the gears through sex. Rome is hierarchically superior to his protégé, Rome obeys him to satisfy his own desires.
Nicole Kidman, impressive, stops at nothing. Her performance even won her a Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival. Director Halina Raine is making her third film here. A former actor, most notably for Paul Verhoeven, he knows a thing or two about brimstone stories.
“I wanted to talk about power, sex and consent in a comedy of manners, a parable, with lots of humor.he explained to AlloCiné. It is my desire to apply All topics that we all struggle with and have fun with in one way or another.”
Microphones in the walls
Many sex scenes were filmed in a completely safe and inaccessible environment. The filmmaker describes the process in detail in the sequence that takes place in the hotel room:
“We built this bedroom decor in the studio, installing all four walls and NWe hid microphones everywhere. So there was no one inside except the two actors and my cinematographer, who was holding the camera himself. It was completely closed.”
Directed by Halina Rein in Paris, November 22, 2024.
Halina Rainey Everyone knows very well that his scenes can be difficult for the actors. “At least it wasn’t 500 men in North Face jackets around you eating pizza while you lie on the floor and have an orgasm“, he says. Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Also worked with intimacy coordinators who thought sex scenes were fight scenes.
Advice from Paul Verhoeven
The director says: A few years ago, this film would have been impossible. “I’m also part of a movement as an actor, and without that movement, I don’t think I’d be sitting across from you right now. I don’t think a filmmaker would have as much freedom to tell that story.
Halina Raine took great inspiration from the advice given to her Paul VerhoevenThe king of sulphurous films, on the making of Black Book: “Every film begins with a question we ask ourselves.”
“I make films mainly to deal with darker issues, things that scare us, taboos. Especially at a time when I feel like we’re going backwards. But I think the only reason to tell stories is to provoke conversation.”
Commentary collected by Thomas Desroches, Paris, November 22, 2024.
Babygirl can be seen in cinemas
Source: Allocine
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