Junior (2011)
Junior
”After contracting a virus, Junior undergoes a bizarre metamorphosis, challenging her identity.”
Why watch this film?
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, who would later surprise with 'Raw' and be consecrated with the Cannes Golden Palm for 'Titane', debuted with this short film. The story is about Justine (Garance Marillier), a 13-year-old girl nicknamed "Junior", who has traditionally considered very masculine attitudes and humor, joining boys to insult other girls. However, everything changes when she is diagnosed with a strange gastroenteritis, unraveling a grotesque transformation in her. Although it is a short with an independent production cut, 'Junior' already shows all the obvious marks in the director's later feature films, particularly the use of body horror conventions to tell a story about the transformations of the female body in reaching sexual maturity.
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Justine, who goes by Junior, is a 13-year-old tomboy with pimples and a unique sense of humor. After unexpectedly contracting a stomach virus, her body becomes home to a bizarre metamorphosis.
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