Nicole Kidman brings more star power to Venice today with her lead role in writer-director Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller Babygirl.
Screening in competition, the A24 movie will have its world premiere this evening, but ahead of that, Reijn, Kidman, and cast members Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas and Sophie Wilde met with the press corps to discuss the film’s layers and themes.
The story centers on Kidman’s high-powered CEO who puts her life’s work on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern (Dickinson).
Kidman described Babygirl as being about much more than sex. “The film is obviously, yes, about sex, it’s about desire, it’s about your inner thoughts, it’s about secrets, it’s about marriage, it’s about truth, power, consent… This is one woman’s story, and I hope a very liberating story.
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