Nothing has been as simultaneously glamourised, demonised and objectified by societies around the world as the female form. When represented in our media and on our screens the female body is often commodified and hyper-sexualized. In myths and folklore from various cultures, however, women who are seen as powerful are often depicted as witches, monsters, succubi, sirens and more.
Trailblazing director Julia Ducournau, who recently became the second woman to ever win Cannes’ Palme d’Or, is challenging the over-simplified depiction of women on our screens, using the language of body horror to do so. Both of Ducournau’s two features to date – Raw and Titane – have rejected glamourised or demonised depictions of female bodies, instead presenting them as a site of nuance, fluidity, and unfiltered humanity.
Source: https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/the-monstrous-feminine/