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Awards Season: Babygirl (Halina Reijn, 2024)

Awards Season: Babygirl (Halina Reijn, 2024)

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Oene Kummer
Jan 14, 2025
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Winner of the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival, Babygirl is a fascinating erotic thriller from writer and director Halina Reijn, that works just as well as a psychological drama.

It’s about fifty-ish Romy Mathis (Nicole Kidman), who is the CEO of a large NYC manufacturing company.

On the one hand she is happily married to theater di…

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