Raw (film)

Raw
Theatrical release poster
FrenchGrave
Directed byJulia Ducournau
Written byJulia Ducournau
Produced byJean de Forêts
Starring
CinematographyRuben Impens
Edited byJean-Christophe Bouzy
Music byJim Williams
Production
companies
  • Petit Film
  • Rouge International
  • Frakas Productions
  • Ezekiel Film Production
  • Wild Bunch
Distributed by
  • Wild Bunch (France)
  • O'Brother Distribution (Belgium)
Release dates
  • 14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) (Cannes)
  • 15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) (Belgium and France)
Running time
99 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget
  • 3.48 million
  • ($3.8 million)
Box office$3.1 million

Raw (French: Grave) is a 2016 coming-of-age body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau, and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait Oufella. The plot follows a young vegetarian's first year at veterinary school, where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for human flesh.

The film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on 10 March 2017 by Focus World, and in France on 15 March 2017 by Wild Bunch. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Ducournau's direction and screenplay, though was met with some controversy for its graphic content.