Baise-moi (2000)

Directors:

Virginie Despentes
Coralie (co-director)

Writers:

Coralie
Virginie Despentes (novel)
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Release Date:

28 June 2000 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Two young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Sex | Friend | Revenge | Killing

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Karen Lancaume	...	Nadine (as Karen Bach)
Raffaëla Anderson	...	Manu
Céline Beugnot	...	Blonde at Billiards
Adama Niane	...	Boy at Billiards
Christophe Claudy Landry	...	Guy at Counter
Tewfik Saad	...	Server
Delphine McCarty	...	Severine
Ouassini Embarek	...	Radouan
Patrick Kodjo Topou	...	Big Thug (as Patrick-Kodjo Topou)
Lisa Marshall	...	Karla
Hacène Beddrouh	...	Lakim
Patrick Eudeline	...	Francis
Ian Scott	...	Rapist #1
Philippe Houillez	...	Rapist #2
Steven Jhonsson	...	Rapist #3
Gil Stuart	...	Nadine's Client
Alexandre Milord	...	Receptionist, Hotel Francis
Élodie Chérie	...	Lady Distributor
Karim Sabaddehine	...	Big Guy
Titof	...	Little Guy
Jean-Marc Minéo	...	Arms Seller
Gábor Rassov	...	Guy with Hood (as Gabor Rassov)
Marc Barrow	...	Receptionist, Seaside Hotel
Rodolphe Antrim	...	The Local
Estelle Isaac	...	Alice
Hervé P. Gustave	...	Martin (as H.P.G)
Karim Chala	...	Big Thug
Simon Nahoum	...	Big Thug
Marc Rioufol	...	Architect
Nathalie Dune	...	BAP
Dany	...	BAP
Sebastian Barrio	...	BAP (as Sébastian Barrio)
Pascal Saint-James	...	BAP (as Pascal St. James)
Jean-Louis Costes	...	Man in Sex Club (La 'Truie')
Sylvain Cahen-Delabre	...	Dead Body
Jacques Sans	...	Dead Body
Didier Gardette	...	Dead Body

Directed by
Virginie Despentes
Coralie		(co-director) (as Coralie Trinh Thi)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Coralie		(as Coralie Trinh Thi)
Virginie Despentes		novel
Virginie Despentes		screenplay

Produced by
Dominique Chiron	....	executive producer
Philippe Godeau	....	producer

Original Music by
Varou Jan

Cinematography by
Benoît Chamaillard

Film Editing by
Aïlo Auguste-Judith		(as Aïlo Auguste)
Francine Lemaitre
Véronique Rosa

Casting by
Jeanne Biras

Art Direction by
Paul Fayard
Irène Galitzine
Christophe Mureau
Claude Veyset

Costume Design by
Magali Baret
Isabelle Fraysse

Makeup Department
Charlotte Arguillère	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Sébastien Brun	....	unit manager
Sylvain Cahen-Delabre	....	unit manager
Baudoin Capet	....	production manager
David Caujolle	....	unit manager
Clauss Gigli	....	unit manager
Joseph Mattineau	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Estelle Chailloux	....	assistant director
Ketal Guenin	....	assistant director

Art Department
Martin Cognito	....	poster artist (as Jean-François Chiron)

Sound Department
Eric Boisteau	....	sound
Pascal Chauvin	....	sound effects editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Pascal Dedeye	....	sound effects editor
Jacques Sans	....	sound

Special Effects by
Guillaume Castagné	....	special effects
Christophe Chabenet	....	special effects
Pierre-Paul Jayne	....	special effects
Frédéric Lainé	....	special effects
Perrine Poirier	....	special effects

Stunts
Jean-Marc Minéo	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Julien Pamart	....	second camera operator

Music Department
Varou Jan	....	musician

Thanks
Vanessa Demouy	....	thanks
Gaspar Noé	....	thanks
John B. Root	....	thanks
Jaco Van Dormael	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Pan Européenne Production
• Take One
• Toute Premiere Fois

Distributors

• Americine (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2000) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2000) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gloria Film A/S (2001) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (Spain)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2000) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2000) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Comstock
• Feature Film Company (UK)
• FilmFixx (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• MFA Filmdistribution (Germany)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (France)
• Remstar Distribution (Canada)
• Wild Bunch (international)

Other Companies

• Jeremy Walker + Associates  DVD publicity

Also Known As:

"Baise-moi" - Australia, UK (imdb display title)
"Rape Me" - International (English title), USA
"Fuck Me" - International (English title) (literal title)
"Shag-Me" - UK (literal title)
"Baise-moi - Fick mich!" - Germany
"Baise-moi - Scopami" - Italy
"Blodsøstre" - Denmark
"Fóllame" - Spain
"Fick mich" - Germany
"Fick mich (Baise-moi)" - Germany (DVD title)
"Gamise me" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Gwalt" - Poland
"Legyél velem!" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Pane mua" - Finland
"Ríddu mér" - Iceland (video box title)
"Tseluvai me" - Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) (imdb display title)
"Viólame" - Peru

Runtime:

77 min | Colombia:72 min | Japan:74 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:18 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Saskatchewan) | Singapore:(Banned) | Iceland:16 (strong rating) | France:-18 (re-rating on appeal) | Portugal:M/18 | Ireland:18 (re-rating) | Japan:R-18 | Hungary:14 | Mexico:C | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:18 (cut) | Brazil:18 (with warning) (uncut) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | Mexico:D (TV rating) (uncut) | Argentina:X (re-rating) | France:-12 (TV rating) (cut version) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:Refused Classification (re-rating) (2002) | Australia:R (original rating) | Belgium:KNT | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Canada:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 (original rating) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III (heavily cut) | Ireland:(Banned) | Italy:VM18 | Japan:R-15 (cut) | Luxembourg:17 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 (with restriction) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | South Africa:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:Unrated | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

The stars and a director are adult film stars.

Quotes:

Manu:I've thought about taking a jump or burning alive. Self-immolation is pretty pretentious. After we finish in the Vosges, let's do the jump without the bungee.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cheap (2005)

Soundtrack:

Fight

a sexual and violent experience....but a very nice one

Maybe it's because I live in Holland and have a very open mind to sex, drugs and well, maybe not to murder but I was not that shocked.

Of course the rape scene was a bit hard and did not leave much to your imagination, but the rest.... Me and my girlfriend were just entertained by the rest of the movie.

I just read some other 20 user comments and I was in fact shocked by those. Prudish americans and british telling you that it is shocking and garbage and so on. A 5.0 average makes also clear that most of the people are still filled with tabboos.

Big erections and mindless sex.... so what? shooting people up there arse? surely I'd prefer that compared to what happens to the guy that rapes marsellus wallace in Pulp Fiction.

Indeed this was a low budget movie and the camerawork was perhaps of poor quality but it suits the pic. As a student indeed a search for reasons and meaning and I find it hihgly irritating that some people complain about things left unexplained. What are you? Can't you think and maybe even guess for yourselves? Does everything have to be explained?

We both liked it and surely I understand this is not a movie for everyone. I think more of it as an experimental piece of work, seek your own reasons for what they are doing, enjoy this wild ride and if you persist in having a monumentuous storyline, oscar performances and so on, and you are not specifically entertained by x rated sex, lots of blood and the socalled 'holes' in this story then....

Just don't watch this movie!!!!

The backside of the DVD or VHS gives plenty of clues that this is a controversial movie and when you have an open mind and like these kind of movies, i recommend it.

We give it a 7.0