Nicole Kidman plays a woman with secret (sexual) desires in “Babygirl”. Photo: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/dpa
In “Babygirl,” Nicole Kidman plays a woman who explores her sexual desires. In Venice, she and the film crew talk about sex scenes, fear – and the “Orgasm Gap”.
Venice – Hollywood star Nicole Kidman embodies a woman who expresses long-suppressed sexual desires in her new film. The erotic drama “Babygirl,” which premieres at the Venice Film Festival, includes many explicit sex scenes. “It exposes me and makes me vulnerable, and I feel fear and all of that when it is presented to the world,” said Kidman (57).
“But doing it with these people here was sensitive and it went very, very deep. At the moment, we are all a little nervous.” In addition to Kidman, Harris Dickinson (28) and Antonio Banderas (64) star in Halina Reijn’s film. Kidman plays a businesswoman who engages in an affair with a significantly younger intern (Dickinson). Banderas plays her husband.
Banderas stated that the film is an exception in a time when “political correctness” has triggered a form of self-censorship. “We are prisoners of our instincts. We are animals. There is nothing democratic about nature.”
A theme of the film is female desire. One reason for making the film was the massive “Orgasm Gap,” said the Dutch director – the observation that women, on average, have fewer orgasms than men. “Take note of that, men,” Reijn urged. “Not you, Harris,” she joked afterwards.