Saccharine
In Saccharine, medical student Hana is desperate to lose weight. When she hears about a mysterious diet pill that promises almost instant results, she sets out to uncover its secret ingredient, and make a version of her own. But what seems like a shortcut to the body of her dreams soon spirals into a waking nightmare when she discovers what the pills are really made of.
Saccharine serves up gloriously grotesque body horror in pill form, quite literally. Through deeply unsettling sights and sounds, the film explores body image, impossible beauty standards, and the relentless pursuit of an ideal that always seems just out of reach.
One word of advice before the screening: eat first. We can almost guarantee you’ll have lost your appetite by the time the credits roll.
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Fear of the Body – Diet Culture in Body Horror
In recent years, we’ve seen a small wave of body horror films that explore what happens when the protagonist loses control over technology or remedies used to alter the body.
In body horror, the body itself is the source of fear, discomfort, and revulsion. The genre often deals with the loss of control and is perhaps therefore particularly well-suited to exploring contemporary issues and expectations surrounding the body - how it should look and how it should function. What can movies like Saccharine, The Substance, and The Ugly Stepsister tell us about bodies, identity, and taboos in our time?
Phd. Candidate Elanor Halvorsen Brendmo and Isak Nathaniel Løberg Jacobsen from the Center for Gender Research at NTNU want you to join them for a conversation in our lounge after Friday's screening of Saccharine.
This event is in Norwegian.
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In Saccharine, medical student Hana is desperate to lose weight. When she hears about a mysterious diet pill that promises almost instant results, she sets out to uncover its secret ingredient, and make a version of her own. But what seems like a shortcut to the body of her dreams soon spirals into a waking nightmare when she discovers what the pills are really made of.
Saccharine serves up gloriously grotesque body horror in pill form, quite literally. Through deeply unsettling sights and sounds, the film explores body image, impossible beauty standards, and the relentless pursuit of an ideal that always seems just out of reach.
One word of advice before the screening: eat first. We can almost guarantee you’ll have lost your appetite by the time the credits roll.
TSF
Screenings
Associated event
Fear of the Body – Diet Culture in Body Horror
In recent years, we’ve seen a small wave of body horror films that explore what happens when the protagonist loses control over technology or remedies used to alter the body.
In body horror, the body itself is the source of fear, discomfort, and revulsion. The genre often deals with the loss of control and is perhaps therefore particularly well-suited to exploring contemporary issues and expectations surrounding the body - how it should look and how it should function. What can movies like Saccharine, The Substance, and The Ugly Stepsister tell us about bodies, identity, and taboos in our time?
Phd. Candidate Elanor Halvorsen Brendmo and Isak Nathaniel Løberg Jacobsen from the Center for Gender Research at NTNU want you to join them for a conversation in our lounge after Friday's screening of Saccharine.
This event is in Norwegian.
Specifications
