The school has a tradition of lengthy, elaborate and humiliating hazeing rituals which at one point involve eating some raw meat. Lifelong vegetarian Justine is disgusted but goes along with this after pressure from her sister.
After this she becomes ill and develops a taste for meat she can't quite satisfy...
CW: bullying, animal slaughter & cannibalism
Julia Ducournau's movie is filled with youthful passion, weird appetites and has some stunning imagery. It's a really visceral (literally) experience that is more transgressive art than conventional drama. However it doesn't really go anywhere and much as I'm a fan of ambiguous stuff is a little too much just a series of incidents without consequence.
Cautiously recommended 7/10 but you've got to be able to stomach Justine's increasingly bloody diet.