Titane (2021)
89%RT Audience Score: 85%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
27 wins & 110 nominations total
Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau’s delightfully disturbing vision.
Titane is a wild ride that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about cinema. With its mix of body horror, family drama, and sly comedy, it’s a film that defies categorization. And while some moments may make you wince, you won’t be able to look away. Just make sure to watch it on an empty stomach and with an open mind.
Production Company(ies)
Warner Independent Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction
Distributor
Neon
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
22 Avenue des Peupliers, Fleury-Mérogis, Essonne, France
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence and disturbing material, graphic nudity, sexual content, and language
Year of Release
2021
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 48m
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Language(s):French
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Country of origin:France
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 1, 2021 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 19, 2021
Genre(s)
Horror/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Lais Salameh, Bertrand Bonello, Dominique Frot, directed by Julia Ducournau, written by Julia Ducournau, horror, drama, mystery, thriller, French language, Jean-Christophe Reymond, $1.3M box office, R rating, graphic nudity, disturbing material, language, sexual content, strong violence, reviewed by Udita Jhunjhunwala, Namrata Joshi, Clarisse Loughrey, Jonathan Romney, Tara Brady, Mark Kermode, Erick Estrada, Kat Halstead, Hunter Friesen, Ruben Peralta Rigaud, Yasser Medina, body horror, family drama, slasher movie, serial killer, impregnated by a car, fire department, gender identity, trauma, grief, love, unconventional, provocative, disturbing, original, unexpected, creative, visceral, intense, shocking, polarizing, feminist, queer, punk rock, bloody, nonverbal, touching, emotional, bleak, assaultive, unforgettable, confrontational
Worldwide gross: $4,982,335
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,418,821
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,149
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 590,929
US/Canada gross: $1,442,988
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,569,403
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,093
US/Canada opening weekend: $533,397
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $580,126
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,372
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 5700000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $6,199,358
Production budget ranking: 1,837
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $3,338,354
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$4,118,892
ROI to date (est.): -43%
ROI ranking: 1,643
Vincent Lindon – Vincent Legrand
Garance Marillier – Justine
Lais Salameh – Rayane
Bertrand Bonello – Le père d’Alexia
Dominique Frot – La dame Macarena
Director(s)
Julia Ducournau
Writer(s)
Julia Ducournau
Producer(s)
Jean-Christophe Reymond
Film Festivals
Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
27 wins & 110 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (241) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (215) | Rotten (26)
Just go along with the unexpected and judgment-free but sometimes shocking and often gory ride that is Titane.
February 8, 2022
Udita Jhunjhunwala
Scroll.in
TOP CRITIC
Julia Ducournau tests the limits of the viewer, is persistently provocative. But she also wrings your heart with lines swarming with grief, with pain.
February 1, 2022
Namrata Joshi
National Herald (India)
TOP CRITIC
It’s a body horror that’s really a family drama; that’s really a sly comedy about the discomfort of being trapped inside all this vulnerable, imperfect flesh.
January 7, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
You can’t stop watching, though – but be warned, one moment of impromptu facial surgery is cinema’s most wince-inducing moment of nasal brutality since Polanski’s Chinatown.
January 7, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Jonathan Romney
Uncut Magazine [UK]
TOP CRITIC
Nothing is safe and nothing is sacred in Julia Ducournau’s delirious new world.
December 31, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Some will be repelled, many will be bamboozled. But for those with an appetite for cinema that gets you in the gut, Ducournau delivers the goods.
December 30, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Ducornau returns to the family theme like a cyclone… the coldness and the coziness of the [proverbial] nest. The best thing is the brazenness with which she achieves it. [Full review in Spanish]
June 28, 2022
Erick Estrada
Cinegarage
Titane’s visceral portrayal of trauma, grief, love, and unruly physicality offers a welcome, if perplexing and unsettling, addition to an increasingly predictable filmic landscape.
June 8, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Kat Halstead
Common Sense Media
With her latest film, Ducournau has displayed a boldness to go where no other modern-working director would dare venture. Just make sure to watch it on an empty stomach and with an open mind.
May 31, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Hunter Friesen
Next Best Picture
While intoxicating and absurd, the emotional sincerity is never lost.
[Full review in Spanish]
May 16, 2022
Ruben Peralta Rigaud
Cocalecas
Ducournau returns to the poetics of body horror with an organic and twisted treatment that keeps me pinned to the seat as she examines, in an allegorical key, an study on polysexuality and gender identity. Full review in Spanish
May 2, 2022 | Rating: 7/10
Yasser Medina
Cinemaficionados
TITANE is certainly one of the craziest and most unusual films of the year. A colorful, bittersweet body horror story with two great leading actors and a beguiling aesthetic.
April 25, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
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Plot
Titane follows a woman who has a sexual attraction to cars and becomes impregnated by one, leading to a series of violent and disturbing events.
Trivia
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