The French-language film about a vegetarian college student who slowly becomes a cannibal became one of the most buzzed-about European films and last night during the film’s premiere screening, several audience members fainted
unable to handle certain extreme scenes. Ryan Werner, who is handling the film’s marketing at the Toronto Film Festival said that “An ambulance had to be called to the scene as the film became too much for a couple patrons,”
The graphic film has become a must-see for horror fans after taking the FIPRESCI Critics’ Prize in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where it made its world premiere without incident.
The mobbed screening also had top agents and managers on hand jockeying for the attention of director Julia Ducournau, who is currently unsigned.
The French-language film about a vegetarian college student who slowly becomes a cannibal became one of the most buzzed-about European films out of Cannes for its potential to cross over with U.S. audiences (Focus World bought the film out of Cannes).
Raw will next screen at Fantastic Fest, followed by Mayhem Film Festival, Celluloid Screams, Beyond Fest and the Sitges Film Festival.
