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Womb Raider

Ian Berriman

EXTRAS ▸ RELEASED 5 FEBRUARY 2007 | 18 | Blu-ray ▸ Directors Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury ▸ Cast Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle, Nicolas Duvauchelle BLU-RAY DEBUT Second Sight’s second New French Extremity revival this year is a home-invasion thriller with a taboo twist: violence to a pregnant woman. The title refers to both the intrusion visited upon the widowed Sarah, and the attacker’s objective – her unborn child. Set mostly in one gloomily lit house, it begins in slow-burn fashion, and initially feels pretty formulaic. However, the fact that the villain is female – Béatrice Dalle’s nameless, babygrow-sniffing Woman – shakes things up. Despite a significant body count, it’s the violence meted out to Sarah which really hits home. It’s a grimly visceral experience, with household objects (like the Woman’s gleaming…

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