Baise-moi (2000)
1h 17m | PG-13
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!
Director: Virginie Despentes
Studio: Toute Premiere Fois
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Karen Lancaume
as Nadine
Raffaëla Anderson
as Manu
Ouassini Embarek
as Radouan
Adama Niane
as Man in Pool Hall
Marc Barrow
as Hotel Receptionist
Patrick Eudeline
as Francis
Reviews
_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.