Nicole Kidman On Erotic And Sex-positive Drama Babygirl | Nicole Kidman | Venice Film Festival

Nicole Kidman baby girl has already become one of the most talked about movies on the Leo this year many are already tipping it for awards Glory especially when it comes to the performers led by Nicole Kidman who hopes it will be a liberating story a bold erotic drama about Romy a high-powered CEO who risks her career and Family Life by having an affair with a younger intern directed by helina rain who puts her own powerful modern and sex positive spin on erotic Thrillers from the 80s the film also Stars Antonio Banderas as romy's husband Jacob and triangle sadness Harris Dickinson is Samuel the intern who triggers confusion around power and gender Dynamics it's rather fitting that baby girl should premere in Venice as Kidman was on the Leo 25 years ago with another risc project Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut speaking at the press conference Kidman said she hoped that baby girl is a liberating story and spoke about the film's racy nature it's obviously about sex but it's also about desire it's about your inner thoughts it's about Secrets it's about marriage it's about truth power consent that sums things up quite nicely as the film deals with a Tor Affair but also about the importance of honest and open communication regarding intimacy desires and Kinks this is one woman's story and this is I hope a very liberating story she continued it's told through a woman's gaze and that's to me what made it so unique it was freeing indeed rain shared that she wanted baby girl to focus on the female gaze while adding that this does not mean that the film is not also about masculinity masculine power control sexuality all those things raan added that she would urge men to take note of huge orgasm Gap that exists between men and women and set about some of the behaviors which shall remain unspoiled for film for women we have not gotten a lot of space yet to explore this Behavior not only how strong we are but also how weak we sometimes are I was raised by my parents in a way that I don't believe in Good and Evil I think we are all both and we need to keep shining a light on that because the moment we suppress it that's when it becomes dangerous rayan previously shared in the Press notes for Bab girl that all of us carry a little black box filled with taboo fantasies that we might never share with anyone and that she was fascinated by The Duality of human nature and this film is an attempt to shine a light without judgment on the opposing forces that make up our personalities to me feminism is the freedom to study a woman's vulnerability love shame rage and inner Beast Harris Dickinson shared that an intimacy coordinator was present on the set and made things pragmatic while Kidman stated that working with rayim was instrumental to her feeling comfortable I knew she wasn't going to exploit me said Kidman however anyone interprets it I didn't feel exploited there was enormous caretaking by all of us we were all very gentle with each other and helped each other it felt very authentic protected and at the same time real she added about debuting the film before an audience right now we're all a bit nervous so I hope my hands aren't shaking but at the same time I'm really proud to be at a festival like this and to be forging ahead with films that are still being made and particularly with women at the helm

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