TITANE – Julia Ducournau

TITANE – 2021 horror film written and directed by Julia Ducournau.  It stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a car accident as a child, has a titanium plate fitted into her head. Vincent LindonGarance Marillier and Laïs Salameh also star in the French-Belgian co-production.

Filled with psychological maneuverings, Titane is bloody and raw.  Its characters endure suffering of all kind.  Alexia has a large scar above her right ear, and other marks left by her self-binding attempts.

“…intimate fury bursts through the confines of the drama to take its place on the world stage.” – New Yorker, Richard Brody, October 5, 2021.  Winner of the Palme d”Or, 2021.