Nicole Kidman “sensational” as “big boss with shameful fantasies”

VIDEO – Every week, our film critics comment on a film released in theaters. Today, it’s “Babygirl”, with Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson, which is (very) far from leaving Marie Sauvion and Samuel Douhaire indifferent.

Aline the words “sex,” “adultery,” and “Nicole Kidman,” and you’re sure to think of Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s last film, in which the Australian-American actress was in a relationship on screen (as in town) with Tom Cruise. Twenty-six years later, Dutch director Halina Reijn plays with our memories. Nicole Kidman is a business owner, married to a brilliant director (Antonio Banderas) and… bored sexually. Fortunately a young and handsome intern (Harris Dickinson, with the “underpants voice”) reads inside her like an open book and guesses her most secret desires and fantasies. “Nicole Kidman is sensational, underlines Samuel Douhaireshe goes all out, plays amazing things […] and take responsibility for everything. »

“We don’t see a film so often that we have the absolute certainty of when we watch it that it defines its era, that it is the ultra-contemporary product of a society. And here it is, with central issues like power and domination,” explains Marie Sauvion. Because the film also constantly sows doubt and confusion. Who is holding who? Who threatens who? “It’s the game of “I’ve got you, you’ve got me by the goatee”, but here, it’s not the goatee,” concludes Marie Sauvion.