Potiche (Trophy Wife). François Ozon, 2010.
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Edition screened: Studio Canal Blu-ray, released 2011. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 102 minutes.
Summary: Brief kitchen gore porn.
Details: Catherine Deneuve whacks the head off a store-bought plucked fowl carcass, 15:00-15:15. I usually don’t include comparatively typical meat prep as a violent act against animals in this project, but this instance is particularly unnecessary. It isn’t long or gory, but there was no reason to include Deneuve swinging the cleaver with a loud whack and putting the head in the trash. Irrelevant, and conveys a belligerent cuteness on the part of the director. I like much of Ozon’s work but did not care much for Potiche.