Started out really good, but I lost interest and found it to be a bit boring from the second act onwards until the intense ending.

Am I the only one who got a lot of Les Misérables vibes? A lonely aging man, a pretty young orphan. A found family that got weird at the end? No? Cool cool cool.

Anyway... I was terrified and amazed the whole time. Loved it.

Only the French can produce a film about a lesbian serial killer who has wild BDSM monkey sex with a Cadillac, gets pregnant, has a weird dance-off, fucks a truck, and gives birth to a Turbo-Baby... AND it wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes?!?! If this movie were made in the U.S. it would have been produced by either Troma or Full Moon and would earn perpetual eye-rolls from any and all critics. What a weird world.

Delirious French Dark Film with a script that seems to be taken from the back of the corridor of a video store in the 1980s.

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If you are averse to nudity - this film has a lot.
This movie is definitely not going to be for everyone
This was quite a bizarre, weird, sad story. But an interesting watch nonetheless.

How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!

honestly i have no idea what i just watched. :upside_down:

In the Olympus of bizarre relationships, with Cronenberg, Tsukamoto or Wittock, Ducournau has a seat, with a film that can only be read under the surface. It's not so important what is shown but what is suggested around sexuality, gender, acceptance, toxic masculinity and all-consuming femininity. So rich that references are sometimes imperceptible (Hitchcock's "Vertigo"). A film that invites to dive in and drown.

Interesting how a movie fucked-up on so many levels could win the Palme. “Titane” lacks the same visceral warmth and energy as Ducournau’s previous feature film “Raw”, and instead goes for a darker and more stylish approach while retaining the same sharp sense of black humor. I’ve read enlightened interpretations of every little plot detail, but honestly, I thought of it as a rather simple story where hyperbole and shock value are mere tools to make the audience reflect on trivial yet universal themes. Unconditional love is explored not as a pure and abstract value, but rather as the primal need of imperfect human beings affected by trauma. What started as Alexia’s story slowly turns into Vincent’s, who finally gets a second chance to love his child for what he was.

Interpretations aside, “Titane” is, just like “Raw”, a work that speaks to film geeks rather than aiming at delivering poignant social commentaries or representing specific categories. Like its protagonists, it should be taken and loved for what it is: a damn entertaining genre film where body horror, psychological drama, and self-conscious black humor blend into each other.

I had no idea that that's how cars were made.

This was a weird f**king movie, but the visuals were beautiful.

The worst movie I have ever watched of this gender. Total waste of time.

Raw and painful to watch at certain points.

raw, brutal and grotesque. just let your emotions flow and dont ask questions. in my honest opinion, the movie goes downhill after the first half but there are really interesting things there. love how julia touches on topics like masculinity or gender fluidity.

Watching this movie, I didn't really understand why they chose it for the awards it has won. It really is a great movie, but... why?

And then, now, hours after I've watched it, I still find myself thinking about the things in this movie. And I understand why this movie is such a happening. The metal body, the sex in the car, the feminine dance in front of the men, the father and son relation... I'm just glad that this movie exists.

Lucky to have an early Belgian theatrical release and see this one so quickly. I think it’s very cool that something insane as Titane can win the Palme d’Or in Cannes nowadays. Titane is crazy and fun, but not exactly a masterpiece imo. I liked the first hour way more than the second because there’s this massive tone shift halfway which I still don’t quite understand and maybe it was all just a bit too much in the end? However Titane is at least an improvement on Grave/Raw and definitely a beautifully-made movie with stellar performances and a very exciting Palme d’Or winner!

For all the hype, this movie becomes
A snooze fest and absolutely dumb from the halfway point.

This is absolutely unique and unbearably intense. It made me squirm so much and I had no clue where it's going to take me. I probably won't watch it again but I'm glad something like this exists. Do not miss this one and go in as blind as you can.

Smoking hot garbage. PornHub has better acting and scripts.

I think I was going to like this film before I saw it because of how much I love Grave / Raw.

So, I liked it. But...

I prefer story driven films, and the story of Raw was beautifully constructed and presented.

Titane is character driven, which Julia Ducournau loves because it frees her from the narrative form and lets her turn up the music and lighting and body horror to 11. I'm totally here for that, though the pyrotechnics here didn't floor me the way the exploding hearts did in Grave.

For example, I saw Raw in the cinema and close to a dozen people walked out because of how intense it was. Titane kept them in their seats... which I guess is a good thing?