You don’t expect to find a movie like Fresh by Mimi Cave on Disney+ And yet, this romantic and cannibal comedy will be available from this Friday in the box Star. Sebastian Stan, seen recently in Pam and Tommy co-stars with Daisy Edgar-Jones, discovered as the heroine of the series Normal People.
“It’s funny to see the Disney logo at the beginning of the film, confides Mimi Cave to 20 minutes. I didn’t expect it when I made the film written by Lauryn Kahn! » Fresh 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 American Psycho.
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, at 20 minutes. 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 turns out 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.