Revenge

"Why do women always have to put up a fight?"

2017 1h 48m FR

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6.5

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92%

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6.4

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★6.5TMDB · 2,192🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●81Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 66,605

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Synopsis

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Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.

“Why do women always have to put up a fight?”

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Cast

Matilda Lutz
Jen
Kevin Janssens
Richard
Vincent Colombe
Stan
Guillaume Bouchède
Dimitri
Jean-Louis Tribes
Roberto
Barbara Gateau
Richard's Wife (voice)
Avant Strangel
TV Soap Opera Actor (voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Coralie Fargeat
Writers: Coralie Fargeat
Languages: English, French
Countries: Belgium, France

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 32% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Coralie Fargeat, shot by Robrecht Heyvaert. 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 Robin Coudert. 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 Bruno Safar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Coralie Fargeat directs. Robrecht Heyvaert behind the camera. Robin Coudert scores. Bruno Safar cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Belgium, France. Dialogue in English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 32% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
5International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
6Directed by Coralie Fargeat, shot by Robrecht Heyvaert. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Robin Coudert. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Bruno Safar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Matilda Lutz and Kevin Janssens and Vincent Colombe carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Why do women always have to put up a fight?".
11IMDB entry: tt6738136 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 23 themes, including "rape", "drowning", "nightmare", "gore".
13Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robrecht Heyvaert
Original score: Robin Coudert
Editing: Bruno Safar
Production design: Pierre Quefféléan
Costume design: Élisabeth Bornuat
Makeup / hair: Ghislaine Nejjar
Sound: Eric Mauer
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,900,000
Box office: $938,055
Return: 32% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Revenge (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 81/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 66,605 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

4 wins & 12 nominations total

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Gimly2018-10-04
★ 7/10
The kick in the pants that exploitation films needs. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
ausher82018-10-27
★ 7/10
Revenge had so much going for it. The acting was surprisingly good. The symbolism was well done. She actually looked like she'd gone through hell in the desert with dirty hair and grime. Camerawork and the setting was outstanding. Unfortunately the first conflict, which is the basis for the rest of the movie, ended up being way over the top and completely unbelievable. Not to mention the ridiculous amounts of blood everywhere. I wanted more relatable believability and less pointless gore.
Stephen Campbell2019-04-14
★ 8/10
Gory, but brilliant It was very important for Jen to be fully objectified at the beginning of the film, to show that she is at ease with her body and how she uses it, at ease with how she seduces men and attracts male attention. But what I'm trying to get across is that this is not the problem, but rather that the male characters believe that the way she looks authorises them to treat her as though she is to be used and then disposed of like a worthless piece of rubbish. The male gaze in film often implies that women are to blame for acts of sexual violence committed against them, which is deeply problematic. Through each male character, I wanted to show the different abusive behaviours that, to a large extent, have become normalised in today's society. - Coralie Fargeat; "Exclusive Interview with Revenge Director Coralie Fargeat"; Bird's Eye View (December 5, 2018) Jen (a superb Matilda Lutz) and her married lover Richard (Kevin Janssens) are enjoying a romantic weekend in his isolated house in the desert. However, shortly after they arrive, Richard's friends, Stan (Vincent Colombe), Dimitri (Guillaume Bouchède), and Roberto (Jean-Louis Tribes) show up unannounced, urging Richard to join them on a hunting trip. As tension mounts in the house, Stan rapes Jen, but when she says she is going to go to the police, and to alert Richard's wife of his affair, the men attack her and leave her for dead. However, unbeknownst to them, she survives the assault, and has set on revenge. Very much in the vein of films such as Sam Peckingpah's Strawdogs (1971) and Meir Zarchi's I Spit On Your Grave (1978), Revenge is an insanely gory rape-revenge thriller. In her feature debut, writer/director Coralie Fargeat displays an astonishing visual panache as she reappropriates this exploitative sub-genre for the post #MeToo era. From the expansive Ford-esque vistas of the desert to the claustrophobic and labyrinthine finale, her visual language is as dexterous and thematically justified as one would expect from a master stylist such as Michael Mann. The film is very much about the dangers and darker implications of the male gaze, and the way Fargeat's constantly moving camera lingers on actress Matilda Lutz's half-naked body is deeply unsettling, challenging the audience to look at her in the same way the male characters do, before turning this notion on its head in the second half of the film. If you can ignore the plot contrivances, and stomach the gore, you will find a socially relevant film that is as auspicious a debut as you're likely to see all year.