Carey Mulligan: Promising Young Woman is asking us to re-examine our past behaviours
6 Mar, 2021 08:41 PM
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Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who attempts to avenge her best friend s death and sexual assault. Photo / Supplied
Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who attempts to avenge her best friend s death and sexual assault. Photo / Supplied
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By: Wenlei Ma
There s no movie that captures the present moment like writer and director Emerald Fennell s thorny and provocative Promising Young Woman.
The story of an avenging woman who exposes the culture of complicity around sexual assault after a crime is committed against her friend, Promising Young Woman has really resonated at a time when the conversation around rape continues to evolve, calling to account behaviours once excused or laughed off.