Warning: This article contains spoilers about Julia Ducournau’s new movieTitane.
“My character is not real, you realize that?”
“All this is logical in the narrative and in the world I created.
Agathe Rousselle in ‘Titane’.NEON
I mean, we’re talking about someone who’s impregnated by a car.”
“Obviously,” Ducournau says, “there are different expectations as far as the pregnancy is concerned.
You don’t need to go and find a political agenda behind that!”
Agathe Rousselle in ‘Titane.'.NEON
But, apracticalagenda, there was!
Quick flashes of her climax pepper the scene in bursts without pushing things into obscene territory.
But… why cars?
Agathe Rousselle births a car baby in ‘Titane.'.NEON
“The [other dancers at the convention] are seen as the accessories to the cars… All of that led me to the car sex scene.
But, it [can be] horrid!”
“It makes the film optimistic.
Agathe Rousselle has a car baby in ‘Titane.'.NEON
His last words are ‘I’m here’…
When he says this to the baby, he’s holding himself responsible for everything that happens to it.
It’s a beautiful definition of what parenthood is.
I think that baby has a bright future in front of him or her!”
Titaneis now playing in theaters nationwide.
