Babygirl Director Explains Age Hole Relationship

Babygirl simply hit theaters this week, and it is already one of many vacation season’s most-discussed movies. It might even make an look or two when Oscar nominations get introduced on January 17.

The movie’s premise — no spoilers, promise — is that Nicole Kidman‘s character Romy Mathis, a 57-year-old CEO, has an affair with a 28-year-old intern performed by Harris Dickinson.

Now, if there’s one factor the web loves to debate, it is age hole relationships just like the one within the movie — and in a latest interview with W Journal, Babygirl director Halina Reijn obtained actual about why the age hole relationship depicted within the movie actually is not a giant deal.

“If we see a film the place the male actor is similar age as the feminine actor, we discover that odd. Which is insane,” she mentioned. “It ought to fully be normalized that the age gaps change and that ladies have completely different relationships.”

“We’re not trapped in a field anymore. We internalize the male gaze, we internalize patriarchy, and we have to free ourselves from it. It’s actually exhausting.”