Nicole Kidman brings erotic drama ‘Babygirl’ to Venice Film Festival

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Nicole Kidman returns to the Venice Movie Competition for the world premiere of “Babygirl” on Friday.

The erotic drama is a couple of highly effective CEO who jeopardizes her profession and household life by having an affair with a youthful intern.

“Babygirl” was made by “Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn, who was impressed by a love of erotic thrillers by filmmakers like Paul Verhoeven and Adrian Lyne. Antonio Banderas performs Kidman’s character’s husband and Harris Dickinson is the intern.

“The affair on the coronary heart of ‘Babygirl’ permits Romy and Samuel to play out their confusion round energy, gender, age, hierarchy, and primal intuition,” Reijn wrote in her director’s assertion. “Regardless of its forbidden nature, the enjoyment of that exploration is liberating, even therapeutic.”

“Babygirl” is enjoying in competitors at Venice, alongside the likes of “Maria” and the but to premiere “The Room Subsequent Door,” “Queer” and “Joker: Folie à Deux.” Winners will likely be introduced on Sept. 7.

Kidman got here to Venice 25 years in the past with one other risqué movie: The Stanley Kubrick movie “Eyes Broad Shut.” However even with a resume stuffed with boundary-pushing, horny and difficult works, she nonetheless has some nerves about this one.

As she informed Self-importance Honest just lately: “I’ve made some movies which might be fairly exposing, however not like this.”

A24 will launch “Babygirl” in theaters on Dec. 25.

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