Rotting
never felt this good! So says the publicity for this jaw-dropping
(literally) body horror feature debut from French-Canadian director Eric
Felardeau. Reminiscent of New French Extremity films like Inside and In My Skin, Thanatomorphose
takes its title from the French term
for 'the visible signs of an organism's decomposition caused by death'. That
pretty much sums up the plot: alienated young sculptress, Laura (Kayden Rose)
moves into a Montreal apartment where she spends her time suffering in an
abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Antoine (Davyd Tousignant), and
feeling equally rejected by the artistic establishment who refuse her an arts
grant. She is dying inside (literally). One morning she wakes up to find her
body slowly and inexorably starting to decay...
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