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Babygirl

Romy is the CEO of a big company. When she starts having an affair with Samuel, in his early 20s, her world threatens to implode.

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Rose Glass (SAINT MAUD, LOVE LIES BLEEDING), Coralie Fargeat (REVENGE, THE SUBSTANCE) and Halina Reijn (BODIES BODIES BODIES, BABYGIRL – a similar approach to filmmaking seems to connect them though the three directors aren’t the same age – Fargeat and Reijn were born in the mid 1970s, Glass in 1990. They get their inspiration from genre cinema – horror, thriller, exploitation – which they use as material in order to tell their own stories. While the aesthetic and storylines tend to be poppy-loud-entertaining, the psychological and social analysis beneath it is feminist and precise. Glass moves a touching lesbian love story to a Coen Brothers setting, Fargeat uses splatter to deal with body image and self-hatred, and Reijn tells a story of sexual self-discovery within the framework of an age gap amour fou in BABYGIRL.

The film stands and falls with Nicole Kidman. She is Romy, the founder and CEO of a robotics company on the road to success who appears to be competent and confident on one hand and tense and a bit defensive on the other. She lets herself get pushed around by the marketing team and when she finds out that she has to take part in the mentoring program, she is not enthusiastic, but goes along with the company policy. Her mentee is Samuel (Harris Dickinson), who is in his early twenties, senses this insecurity, and blurts out in the middle of a work meeting, "I think you like to be told what to do." The situation passes, Samuel backs down, but Romy's imagination is awakened, and an affair that plays with dominance, submission, and the risk of discovery gets rolling.

What sounds like FIFTY SHADES OF GREY meets ADORE works because Kidman and Dickinson are wonderful and because Reijn directs with nuance and detours. Instead of glossy erotic set pieces, there is a back and forth, pauses and uncertainties, and when the two meet alone for the first time in a hotel room, for a moment there they don't know what to do with their courage. The affair has the potential to implode Romy’s world. At work, male colleagues and female trainees are lurking behind the scenes wanting to replace Romy. At home, Romy’s loving husband (Antonio Banderas) and her two daughters don’t suspect that Romy is getting furthere and further away from them in a parallel universe. And what does Samuel expect from the affair?

The other actors pale in comparison to Dickinson and a fearless Kidman. Their characters and conflicts are far less developed and seem to just be functional, as a vehicle to bring in aspects about family or equality in the workplace or to make a joyful dig at progressive lip service. At the same time, the inclusion of Romy's environment is crucial for a film about a journey of discovery and reorientation that goes beyond the sexual level. The twists and turns it takes are pleasingly unpredictable.

Hendrike Bake

Translation: Elinor Lewy

Credits

USA 2024, 114 min
Genre: Thriller, Crime Drama, Mystery
Director: Halina Reijn
Author: Halina Reijn
DOP: Jasper Wolf
Montage: Matthew Hannam
Music: Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Distributor: Constantin Filmverleih
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Jean Reno, Sophie Wilde
FSK: 16
Release: 30.01.2025

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Babygirl

USA 2024 | Thriller, Crime Drama, Mystery | R: Halina Reijn | FSK: 16 | Interview

Romy is the CEO of a big company. When she starts having an affair with Samuel, in his early 20s, her world threatens to implode.

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Charlottenburg

Delphi LUX

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OmU17:10

OmU20:30

15.02. – Sat

TicketsReservation: https://www.yorck.de/kinos/delphi-lux OmU13:30

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TicketsReservation: https://www.yorck.de/kinos/delphi-lux OmU20:30

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Friedrichshain

Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

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OmU18:00

OmU20:40

15.02. – Sat

TicketsReservation: https://www.yorck.de/kinos/filmtheater-am-friedrichshain OmU18:00

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16.02. – Sun

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Kreuzberg

Babylon Kreuzberg

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OmU18:00

OmU20:50

15.02. – Sat

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Moviemento

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OmU21:00

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TicketsReservation: https://moviemento.de/ OmU20:30

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TicketsReservation: https://moviemento.de/ OmU20:45

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TicketsReservation: https://moviemento.de/ OmU20:30

Mitte

Hackesche Höfe Kino

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OmU19:15

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TicketsBuy Tickets OmU20:35

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TicketsBuy Tickets OmU20:35

Neukölln

Rollberg

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OV18:15

15.02. – Sat

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TicketsReservation: https://www.yorck.de/kinos/rollberg OV18:15

Wolf Kino

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TicketsBuy Tickets OmU20:50

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