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Storyline

In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. 
Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to emerge.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2016
La Semaine de la Critique
Competition
Sitges Film Festival 2016
Official Fantàstic Competition
Winner: Citizen Kane Award for Best Up-and-Coming Director; Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film and Silver Méliès Award for Best Feature Length European Film SOFC 49
BFI London Film Festival 2016
First Feature Competition Winner – the Sutherland Award
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona (D'A) 2022
Focus Critics' week

César 2018
Nominations:
Best Director (Julia Ducournau)
Best Original Script (Julia Ducournau)
Best Score (Jim Williams)
Best Opera Prima
Best Sound (Mathieu Descamps, Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut)
Best Promissing Actress (Garance Marillier)

Releases

Spain (17 of March 2017)