S.

In a phenomenal film debut, Natali Broods portrays a beautiful, young Belgian woman known only as S.

She has moved to New York with her abusive boyfriend, and leads a life filled with chaos, trauma, and loneliness.

Her distant mother is an alcoholic prostitute; her father was executed for murder. S's relationships are full of violence and twisted love. After her boyfriend sleeps with an ex girlfriend in her presence, S. is so disgusted, she shoots them both in a strangely calm fit of passion.

She returns to Brussels, where she becomes involved with the beautiful Marie. However, love is not enough, and she descends further into a downward spiral of insanity, manifesting in promiscuous sex, violence, and murder. Containing graphic violence, with both heterosexual and lesbian sex, this film is like a car wreck—you can't help but stare.

Crossing the fine line between reality and surrealism, while juxtaposing stunning cinematography with raw imagery, this is a strangely disturbing portrait of a physically beautiful young woman, unable to cope with the demons that are gripping her soul.

With an edgy musical soundtrack, and lush cinematography, dysfunction has never looked so good! Filled with feminist and religious metaphor, there is more than meets the eye to this haunting vision of a girl on the edge! Not for the faint of heart, this film will not easily be forgotten.

From Belgium.