Baise-moi

"Art or Pornography? You be the judge! Complete and Uncut the most controversial film of all time...A hard-core Thelma & Louise."

2000 1h 17m FR

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Nadine and Manu are two mad women, as tidy as can be, almost perfectionists. They have several things in common: extreme sex, drugs, beer and the trigger. They find the solution to their problems with guns and beware to those who dare to get in their way!

“Art or Pornography? You be the judge! Complete and Uncut the most controversial film of all time...A hard-core Thelma & Louise.”

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Cast

Karen Lancaume
Nadine
Raffaëla Anderson
Manu
Ouassini Embarek
Radouan
Adama Niane
Man in Pool Hall
Marc Barrow
Hotel Receptionist
Patrick Eudeline
Francis
Ian Scott
Rapist
Zenza Raggi
Big Guy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Virginie Despentes
Writers: Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Virginie Despentes, shot by Benoît Chamaillard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Varou Jan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Aïlo Auguste-Judith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson and Ouassini Embarek carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Art or Pornography? You be the judge! Complete and Uncut the most controversial film of all time...A hard-core Thelma & Louise.".

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt0249380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Virginie Despentes directs. Benoît Chamaillard behind the camera. Varou Jan scores. Aïlo Auguste-Judith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Virginie Despentes, shot by Benoît Chamaillard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Varou Jan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Aïlo Auguste-Judith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson and Ouassini Embarek carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Art or Pornography? You be the judge! Complete and Uncut the most controversial film of all time...A hard-core Thelma & Louise.".
8IMDB entry: tt0249380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "rape", "nihilism", "sadism", "women's sexual identity".

The technical file

Cinematography: Benoît Chamaillard
Original score: Varou Jan
Editing: Aïlo Auguste-Judith
Costume design: Magali Baret
Makeup / hair: Charlotte Arguillère
Sound: Éric Bonnard
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $940,944
Original language: FR
IMDB: Baise-moi (2000)

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griggs792025-03-28
★ 3/10
Baise-Moi is, frankly, dreadful. Years ago, I had a flatmate who was obsessed with it—I’ve never understood why. Even setting aside the sex and violence, what remains is a shoddy mess: it looks and sounds like an early 2000s daytime soap, complete with a dreadful soundtrack and incidental music and performances that barely convince. The direction is apathetic at best. I watched it on an old DVD still bearing the BBFC’s cuts, so perhaps the visuals suffered there—but even Arrow’s restoration can’t polish this particular turd. Yes, the sexual violence still shocks, mainly due to how casually it’s presented. But in the near quarter-century since its release, the film’s once-infamous brutality has been easily surpassed—leaving Baise-Moi exposed as little more than a provocateur with nothing to say. It appears the only reason this film exists is to annoy and piss off the censors—it’s neither exciting, titillating, nor remotely captivating.

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