Baise Moi currently has an R-Rating in this country which means you have to be an adult to see it. In other words it's for grown ups. It's about two wounded women, abused by and used by men, by women, by the world really. Manu (Rafaella Anderson), is a young woman on the edge of French society. She is, you feel, her own woman, with a few connections but without much hope. With a friend she's suddenly picked up and gang raped, Explicitly. Nadine (Karen Bach) is a call girl who watches pornographic videos and drives her flatmate mad, just by being the flatmate from hell, using everything, replacing nothing. Each of these women commit a murder. They accidentally meet and establish a bond which is the basis for a spree of sex and cold-blooded murder.
Anderson and Bach give very credible performances
Co-directed by Virginie Despentes, based on her novel of the same name, and by Coralie Trin Thi, a porno actress and starring Anderson and Bach, two performers of hardcore fame, it's as if the filmmakers are flinging in our face the inauspicious origins of the movie. And yet, Anderson and Bach give very credible performances. The directors bring a dynamism to their film which was shot on digital video, there's a thumping soundtrack and some wry humour. The film is an uncompromising exploration of two women of the underclass angry at society in general and men in particular.
