Human Zoo (2009) – Rie Rasmussen receives oral

Danish born model-turned-actress Rie Rasmussen made her directorial debut in this 2009 French production, “Human Zoo”. For a debut, this film is an awesome achievement, and it only underlines her creative credentials as one of the rising talents in world cinema today. Not only did she write the script and direct, she edited the film herself, and to boot, also played the lead role of Adria, a Kosovar-Albanian illegal immigrant in Marseille, trying to put behind her torrid past in war-torn Kosovo and later in Belgrade.

It is a gritty drama of fury and anger, made from a female perspective, and to say the film is action-packed would be an understatement. Violence and passion are depicted naturally, as they would in real life. A lot of heart had gone into this production, and even if there is plenty of room for improvement, it is a noble achievement, and I wish her all the luck in her future projects, including what appears to be sequel of sorts to this film that is yet to be finished.