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Raw (2016) Movie Release Dates / Movie Details

Updated: September 14, 2024

Raw Plot Synopsis:

Justine, raised as a rigorous vegetarian, arrives as a freshman at the reputable Saint-Exupéry Veterinary School. As she leaves the family home, Justine abruptly moves into a mad new world of strange school traditions and vicious initiation tests, and before long, she must chew over her unshakable herbivorous beliefs. More and more, as Justine descends deeper and deeper into a hidden world of uncharted animalistic tendencies, an unprecedented and equally morbid craving for meat will transform her into a very different being, but now that her corporeal awakening is finally complete, is there a point in denying her hunger for raw flesh?

Julia Ducournau writes and directs his latest film Raw (2016) releasing in select movie theaters on March 10, 2017. Raw has done extremely well at each and every festival it has been shown. Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait Oufella star in Raw.

From the Press Release:

Focus World, owned and operated by Focus Features, has set a domestic theatrical release date for writer/director Julia Ducournau"s award-winning psychological horror thriller Raw.

Raw will open in select cities on Friday, March 10th, 2017; following the movie"s theatrical run, the title will be on digital platforms months later, in the summer. Earlier this month, the movie won the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature at the BFI London Film Festival. The prize follows other accolades for Raw from film festivals around the world, where it has proved to be a fan and industry favorite. Raw won the Best Director award at Fantastic Fest"s "Next Wave" competition; the Golden Octopus Award and the Audience Award at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival; and three prizes at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival including the Citizen Kane Award for Best Up-and-Coming Director, the M?li?s d"Argent Award for Best Feature-Length European Film, and the Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Feature-Length Film.

The Petit Film/Rouge International/FraKas Productions film world-premiered at the 2016 Cannes International Film Festival in the International Critics" Week section, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Produced by Petit Film"s Jean des For?ts, the French-language Raw stars Garance Marillier and is the debut feature from Ms. Ducournau.

Ms. Marillier portrays the teenaged Justine, who commences her studies at veterinary school to follow in her family members" footsteps. Raised as a vegetarian, Justine is pressured at school to try meat for the first time. Once she does, she plumbs both the depths of her own soul and tests the limits of her darkest cravings.

Focus World curates exciting works from first-time and rising filmmakers for the digital age while also preserving the theatrical release component, allowing audiences to choose how they will watch a new movie. Its slate encompasses both narrative and nonfiction features, and both English-language and foreign-language films. New in theaters this month from Focus World is Ti West"s In a Valley of Violence, the revenge Western starring Ethan Hawke and John Travolta.

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Raw Plot Synopsis:

Justine, raised as a rigorous vegetarian, arrives as a freshman at the reputable Saint-Exupéry Veterinary School. As she leaves the family home, Justine abruptly moves into a mad new world of strange school traditions and vicious initiation tests, and before long, she must chew over her unshakable herbivorous beliefs. More and more, as Justine descends deeper and deeper into a hidden world of uncharted animalistic tendencies, an unprecedented and equally morbid craving for meat will transform her into a very different being, but now that her corporeal awakening is finally complete, is there a point in denying her hunger for raw flesh?

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