A strict vegetarian's initiation into veterinary school awakens a visceral hunger and a monstrous true self.
Bleak and intimate. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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The thing to know: extreme gore, more than an R usually carries. Beyond that, a few tense moments and a jolt or two.
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Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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