“Babygirl” and the trouble with equality
In Nicole Kidman’s new film, a female CEO has an affair with an intern. Boo or bravo?
Played ELECTRIcALLY by Nicole Kidman, the protagonist of “Babygirl” is a glamorous high-flyer with a secret woe: sexual frustration. But “at the end of the movie, that problem is fixed,” observed Antonio Banderas, who plays her husband, at the Venice Film Festival, where the erotic thriller had its premiere. “Maybe,” Ms Kidman shot back.
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