Trailer for the cannibal movie making people pass out hits cinemas
- Film Raw details a vegetarian veterinary student forced to eat raw meat in ritual
- French film from Julia Ducournau details student's descent into cannibalism
- Ambulance called to Toronto screening when people fainted due to gory scenes
- Trailer has been released ahead of film's March 10 debut
A film that had audiences squirming in their seats - and in some cases rushing to hospital - has debuted its first trailer.
Horror film Raw, from first-time writer-director Julia Ducournau, charts a young vegetarian veterinary student named Justine and her descent into cannibalism after she is forced to eat raw meat as part of an initiation ritual.
Some of the film's more graphically violent scenes caused a stir at a Toronto Film Festival screening this past September.
The beginning of the end: Justine is forced to eat something - perhaps raw meat - from a shocking scene in the trailer
Sexual and violent: Justine bites a man who appears to derive pleasure from the act. Earlier in the trailer she is seen ogling the man's abs
Torment: Justine writhes around as her blood is splattered everywhere
Several people who attended the Festival's midnight screening of the film were said to have fainted and required medical attention.
Ryan Werner, who was in charge of the movie’s marketing in Toronto, told the Hollywood Reporter: 'The film became too much for a couple patrons.'
Acclaim: First-time writer-director Julia Ducournau has received numerous awards for her film which has been a huge hit on the festival circuit
Blood everywhere: The film's shocking violence caused some viewers at a Toronto Film Festival screening to faint
Rising star: Julia Ducournau, 33, is garnering much acclaim for Raw, which she wrote and directed. The film stars Garance Marillier
Director Jula Ducournau described her film to Indiewire: 'I want to hear this particular audience reacting.
'I want to see where they will be reacting. I am very curious.
'It’s like being judged by my peers, because myself, I am a huge genre and horror buff.'
The French film has garnered much acclaim on the festival circuit, winning the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film stars Garance Marillier and it will debut on March 10 in the United States after its acquisition by Focus Features.
And for those who want an even more grisly taste of what to expect from the film - which has been given a hard R rating by the MPAA for aberrant behavior, bloody and grisly images, strong sexuality, nudity, language and drug use/partying - a red-band trailer was released too.
The explicit trailer shows more of what's in store for audiences - including blood splashing down on students, seeming animal cruelty, jars filled with raw meat and Justine violently itching herself.
One particularly gruesome scene shows a woman appear to stick a scissors between another woman's legs.
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