REVENGE (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matilda Lutz (Rings), Kevin Janssens (Madonna’s Pig), Vincent Colombe (Point Blank), Guillaume Bouchède (Just Like Brothers)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Coralie Fargeat (film debut), director, writer, editor; Marc-Etienne Schwartz (The Dream Kids) and Marc Stanimirovic, producers; Robin Coudert (Populaire), composer; Robrecht Heyvaert (Image), cinematographer; Jerome Eltabet (Alinghi: The Inside Story) and Bruno Safar (Camping 3), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

American party girl Jen (Lutz) is whisked away to a remote desert villa by her French lover Richard (Janssens), for a weekend of romance. However, they are soon interrupted by Richard’s hunting buddies Stan (Colombe) and Dmitri (Bouchède) who show up seemingly unannounced, and their hard lust for Jen leads to a shocking sexual assault, which ends with Richard pushing her off a cliff to her certain death. Unfortunately for them, she survives…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

If you can handle a hardcore and ultra-bloody rape-revenge thriller in the spirit of I Spit On Your Grave, then Revenge is an exploitation film that’s not afraid to get down and dirty as much as that classic video nasty.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MAY 2018

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