Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson dance “Babygirl”, the Halina Reijn. A24
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Erotic drama by Halina Reijn, with Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas (United States, 1h48). In theaters January 15 ★★★☆☆
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Some films exist by and for their actress. “Babygirl” is one of them. Powerful business leader, beloved wife for more than twenty years and mother of two daughters, Romy begins a relationship with one of her interns (Harris Dickinson, the model from “Unfiltered”). Giving free rein to her masochistic fantasies with her young lover while responding to the injunctions of her marital and professional status pushes the fifty-year-old to her limits…
Imagine Haneke’s “The Pianist” revisited by the spiritual daughter of Adrian Lyne (“Fatal Liaison”) and Verhoeven. On the edge of the laughable (the ending is dark), this false erotic thriller and true satire of power relations makes fun of morality to paint the portrait of a neurotic, fragile and monstrous woman, supported by the mocking empathy of director Halina Reijn and a Nicole Kidman at the top. That Isabelle Huppert, president of the jury of the last Venice Film Festival, awarded her the Volpi Cup for best actress confirms the “Huppertian” aspect of the role which the Australian star seizes with incredible audacity.
