Women on Top: Legacies of Women in Global Cinema
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
Romy (Nicole Kidman) is the high-powered CEO of a tech company with a seemingly perfect life, including a handsome husband (Antonio Banderas) and two bright kids. But she soon risks it all for an affair with a new intern in her office, Samuel (Harris Dickinson), who forces her to reevaluate and reveal her own desire—and by doing so, her very sense of self. [114 min; romance, drama; English]
"Boasting an exceptional Nicole Kidman performance as a woman recklessly in search of who she is and what she wants...it’s thrilling and amusing." — Nick Schafer, The Daily Beast
"No matter what you take away from writer-director Halina Reijn’s daring, alluring, and ultimately joyful Babygirl, one idea flutters around it like a potent perfume cloud: both desire and the memory of it are what make us feel alive." — Stephanie Zacharek, Time
"Reijn has crafted a feature-length homage to the early rush of attraction—one that the director knows can strike unprovoked, regardless of relationship status. Within the film’s 114-minute runtime, that ephemeral spark between Romy and Samuel is bottled, smashed, and left seeping across the screen, leaving an intriguing pattern in its wake." — Anna McKibbin, The A.V. Club
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