Titane (2021)

The first film directed by a woman to win a solo Palme d'Or in the history of Cannes, Julia Ducournau's TITANE is extraordinary, original and path-breaking. A serial killing car model falls pregnant to a Cadillac before impersonating the long-missing son of a steroid-addicted firefighter. In this thrillingly violent body horror, visual style becomes a vehicle for dismantling conventional ideas of femininity and desire. An audacious and deeply vulnerable story about trauma, family and the warped ways of love.