Romanticism and cannibalism go hand in hand in the delicious “Fresh”

• A single woman looking for a soul mate comes across an attractive man.

• She ends up discovering that he loves her a little too much for her body.

• The black humor of “Fresh” reserves this film which flirts with horror to an informed public.

We do not expect to find a film like

by Mimi Cave on Disney + And yet, this romantic and cannibal comedy will be available from this Friday in the

box .

Sebastian Stan, seen recently in

, co-stars with Daisy Edgar-Jones, discovered as the heroine of the

series .

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"It's funny to see the Disney logo at the start of the film, confides Mimi Cave to

.

I didn't expect it when I made the film written by Lauryn Kahn!

“

made its small effect at Sundance before arriving on the platform.

It must be said that this first film begins as a somewhat dumb love story to turn into a horror film with very dark humor between

barbecue

and

.

Two movies in one

"We chose to place the credits when the scenario changes to put the viewer in condition and warn him that the tone of the story is going to change", specifies Lauryn Kahn, ex-assistant of Adam McKay who co-produces the film,

away

.

And the latter will go from surprise to surprise when the heroine discovers that her charming boyfriend loves her for his body in a way she was not at all prepared for.

“The representation of human meat was a challenge, insists Mimi Cave.

She had to look appetizing at first glance but look strange enough that the audience quickly felt disgusted.

»

A chef had been hired as a technical adviser so that the cutting of the flesh was realistic and that the dishes could be eaten by the actors.

"When I was writing the script, I really wondered if we were going to be able to represent all of this in a bearable way and Mimi found the perfect balance to show just the right amount.

If the film is to be reserved for an informed public because of its theme, it never descends into repulsive gore and keeps enough perspective not to be sickening.

Fresh

proves to be fierce in describing the relationships between men and women.

"That's what we were trying to describe," insists Mimi Cave.

This story can be taken as a metaphor for human relationships.

His originality and his rather cheeky way of presenting love are most heartening.

They could make you want to consider the loved one while licking their chops.

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