Julia Ducournau's radical fantasy drama, which combines body horror with a female revenge plot, is a bold choice to represent France in the 2022 Oscar race.
Ducournau’s revenge drama beat out the other two titles on France’s shortlist: Audrey Diwan’s Venice Golden Lion winner, a crime thriller set in the streets of Marseille.is by far the most radical of the three. The feature, Ducournau’s follow-up to her well-received cannibal-coming-of-age story, mixes extreme body horror and elements of female revenge films with macho muscle-car-obsessed movies. .has sold more than 300,000 tickets in its home country.
Neon, which releaseddomestically this month, took in more than half a million dollars on its first weekend, the biggest opening for a Palme d’Or winner in over 17 years and the largest French opening in North America in more than 15 years. Neon will like its chances in the Oscar race. The last time it picked up a Palme d’Or-winning international genre film — Bong Joon Ho’sThe shortlist for the international feature category at the 2022 Oscars will be unveiled on Dec. 21.
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