| Baise-moi (2000) |
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| Manu (Raffaela Anderson) e la sua migliore amica, vengono braccate da un gruppo di uomini che le stuprano barbaramente all'interno di un cortile. Tornata a casa invece di trovare consolazione nel fratello, Nadine viene accusata di aver in qualche modo istigato gli aggressori. Nel mix di sconforto e rabbia, la ragazza finisce per uccidere il fratello. Contemporanamente la prostituta Nadine (Karen Lancaume), assiste impotente all'omicidio del fidanzato tossicodipendente, nonché protettore. Anche lei tornata casa, finisce per instaurare una furibonda lite con la ragazza con cui divide l'appartamento, ucciderla, e scappare via con i soldi per l'affitto. Le due ragazze si incontrano all'uscita della metropolitana, decidono di non separarsi più e cominciano un tour nelle periferie degradate francesi, in cerca di vendetta. Le due sistematicamente adescano uomini nei locali a luci rosse per poi ucciderli selvaggiamente. Fino a che la polizia, messasi sulle loro tracce non le rintraccia. Manu viene uccisa dal gestore di un bar, mentre Nadine viene arrestata. Baise-moi tells the story of Nadine (played by Karen Lancaume) and Manu (Raffaëla Anderson) who go on a violent spree against a society in which they feel marginalized. The title can be translated as "Fuck Me". (The film has also been screened in some markets as "Rape Me"; however, this translation was rejected by the directors in a 2002 interview. As a noun, baiser means kiss, but the verb baiser standardly means to fuck; it never means to rape.) Nadine is a part-time prostitute. Manu is a slacker who does anything (including an occasional porn) to get by in the small town in southern France where they both live. One day, Manu and her only friend, a drug addict, are brutally gang-raped by a trio of degenerate street punks. While her friend struggles and screams in terror, Manu lies still with a detached look, angering the rapists. Manu returns home and tells her boyfriend of her ordeal. He reacts by vowing to find and take revenge upon the rapists, but when Manu tells him to forget it, he calls her a "slut" and implies that she actually enjoyed being raped; in response, Manu shoots him in the head. Meanwhile, after another outing, Nadine comes home and after an argument with her roommate, Nadine kills her and takes off with their rent money. Nadine suffers another emotional setback when her only real friend, who is also her pimp, is shot and killed before her by some of his business 'associates.' Later that night, Manu and Nadine both attempt to take the last train from an otherwise deserted station. They miss the train, but begin talking to one another. They realize they share common feelings of anger and decide to go on a violent & sexually charged road trip together. In need of money, they also hold up a convenience store and kill a woman at an ATM. Finally, after much killing and sexual activities, the two women enter a swingers' bar and kill many of the couples there. The pair discuss what they have done, and agree that it has all been pointless because nothing has changed inside them. It all ends when Manu is shot in the neck and dies while attempting to rob another convenience store. Nadine flees to a remote cabin to commit suicide, but gets arrested by the police before she can do so. A common misconception about this film, is that Nadine & Manu "kill men after having sex with them", which is entirely erroneous. In fact, none of the men that they have sexual relations with are killed. Why this false information is contained in so many reviews is anyone's guess. It's possible that critics of female-produced violent/sexual films made such statements to intentionally demonize Baise Moi, or they didn't even actually view it. |
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