Grave

"What are you hungry for?"

Mar 15 2017 R 1h 39m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Plot

Justine, raised as a rigorous vegetarian, arrives as a freshman at the reputable Saint-Exupéry Veterinary School. As she leaves the family home, Justine abruptly moves into a mad new world of strange school traditions and vicious initiation tests, and before long, she must chew over her unshakable herbivorous beliefs. More and more, as Justine descends deeper and deeper into a hidden world of uncharted animalistic tendencies, an unprecedented and equally morbid craving for meat will transform her into a very different being, but now that her corporeal awakening is finally complete, is there a point in denying her hunger for raw flesh?

Written by

Julia Ducournau

Directed by

Julia Ducournau

Production Countries

Belgium, France

Production Companies

Ciclic - Région Centre, Angoa-Agicoa, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Wild Bunch, Rouge International, Ciné+, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, BeTV, La Wallonie, Frakas Productions, Bruxelles Capitale, Torino Film Lab, Canal+, RTBF, Cofinova 12, ARTE, Petit Film, VOO, Focus Features, CNC, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius

Languages

Français

Awards

25 wins & 45 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
95,937
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
81
Popularity
NA