Babygirl is an upcoming American erotic thriller that debuted at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2024. The movie is written, directed, and co-produced by Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies fame).
The project is financed by A24, which has had a year of good releases with Problemista, Love Lies Bleeding, Civil War, Tuesday, and Sing Sing. The movie stars Nicole Kidman, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for the movie at the Venice Film Festival.
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The movie explores relationships, messy affairs, and sexual attraction in the workplace. It premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2024.
Here are all the details about the movie.
Is there a trailer and Release date for Babygirl?
Yes, A24 has released the official trailer of the movie.
The movie is enjoying positive feedback from critics and is expected to be a thrilling watch this Holiday season. Here are some early reviews of the film:
''Delicious. Spiky, Sexy and Daring'' , The New York Times
''An Explosive Game of Seduction'', The Hollywood Reporter
''As close to perfection as can be'', The Film Stage
The movie will be released in the US on Christmas, December 25, 2024, and in the UK on January 10, 2025.
Who is in the cast for Babygirl?
Nicole Kidman is the protagonist, who plays a high-powered CEO in the movie. She is attracted to a young intern who recently joined her company and begins a passionate affair with him. Kidman is an acclaimed actress who is an Oscar winner (The Hours) and a recent recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.
This year, she has starred in projects like Expats, A Family Affair, and The Perfect Couple. Rising Star Harris Dickinson plays her young lover, who joins her company as an intern. Dickinson has appeared in amazing projects like Triangle of Sadness, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Iron Claw, and A Murder at the End of the World.
Speaking of rising stars, Sophia Wilde, who appears in projects like Talk to Me, the 2023 Tom Jones miniseries, and Boy Swallows Universe, will join Babygirl.
Antonio Banderas will play Kidman's husband in the film. The Oscar-nominated actor is known for The Mask of Zorro, Desperado, voicing the animated character Puss in Boots and The Skin I Live In.
The complete list of supporting characters for the film is as follows-
- Gaite Jansen as Hedda Scarlett
- Izabel Mar as Anna
- Esther McGregor as Isabel
- Vaughan Reilly as Nora
- Victor Slezak as Mr. Missel
- Anoop Desai as Robert
- Bartley Booz as Tom
- Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Josh
- Leslie Silva as Hazel
- Dolly Wells as Therapist
What is the Plot of Babygirl?
According to IMDB, the movie's official synopsis reads, ''A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.''
As seen from the trailer, Kidman's Romy is a powerful and strong-headed lady who runs a company. She seems like a woman in control of her family and her career. However, things will change for Romy with the entry of Samuel, a young intern with whom she will have a passionate affair.
They soon begin a flirtatious game at their workplace, which transcends into an affair that will put Romy's family and career on the line.
Catch the movie in theatres on December 25, 2024.
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