Raw follows a young student as she starts her first year in veterinarian school in France. The place is a literal Animal House as the upper classmen haze the "rookies" and throw wild parties all the time. Justine is having a hard time fitting in as she comes from a family of strict vegetarians. One of the first days at school, she is doused in blood and made to eat a rabbit liver. After that, a strange rash breaks out and she discovers herself craving meat, the more raw, the better. It doesn't help that she has a crush on her gay roommate or that her older sister is part of the hazing force. Soon, Justine realizes there is only one kind of meat that satisfies her hunger...human flesh. Things get hard to watch.
This is really a movie about getting out into the world and finding one's self. Justine is getting in touch with her sexuality and wild side as she explores her new hunger. After a lifetime of being dubbed the genius of the family, she is finding it hard to make friends in the scary new environment of school. Oddly, that narrative gets moved aside and a secondary story of family develops here. Justine and her sister have an odd bond that reveals itself as the movie unfolds. Although there are some hard to watch scenes, there is a lot of subtle drama in the movie as well.
Raw is a good movie that just happens to be about a young cannibal. If you can stomach it, and really the worst is one scene in the middle of the movie, you should give it a chance.
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