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Body Odyssey

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Mona is a senior bodybuilder who is training for a world championship, her existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection and beauty. Her life is steadily followed by her coach who monitors her single daily actions like a demiurge and an artist: her sleep, her nutrition, her training sessions, her doping dosage, her psychology and even her sexual life. This routine gets interrupted when a young guy appears: a single brief sexual encounter over-balances her discipline and her will. Her body will start evolving into a separate entity with a different personality.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org Body Odyssey is a kind of futuristic, sci-fi inflected feminist Toby Dammit, where Fellini’s focus on movie stardom is replaced here with bodybuilding – and yes, it’s as good as that sounds. Feb 21, 2025 Full Review Mary Beth McAndrews Dread Central Body Odyssey is a stunning sensory experience that channels the vibes of the late Cronenberg into something exciting, bizarre, and gorgeous to behold. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Bradley Gibson Film Threat A cinematic masterwork, balancing surreal body horror and delicate emotions, and that it is also Tricarico’s debut feature is nothing short of astonishing. Rated: 9/10 Mar 1, 2025 Full Review Alan Zilberman Spectrum Culture It will face comparisons to Love Lies Bleeding. Director Grazia Tricarico focuses on the world of bodybuilding, with a muscle-bound woman at its center. Whereas Rose Glass’ film is a romantic thriller, Body Odyssey morphs into a singular character study. Sep 30, 2024 Full Review Ricardo Gallegos La Estatuilla An unusual body horror film that sets aside its story to take you on an introspective, erotic and somewhat surreal ride. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 29, 2024 Full Review C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore Body Odyssey is a surreal and haunting portrait of a woman in bodybuilding caught between the conflicting desires of society, of men, and of her own body/mind. Rated: 4.5/5 Sep 28, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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B P Body Odyssey is a stunning sensory experience that channels the vibes of the late Cronenberg into something exciting, bizarre, and gorgeous to behold. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Grazia Tricarico

Director

Jacqueline Fuchs

Mona

Julian Sands

Kurt

Adam Misík

Nic

Stefan Sauk

Anders

Lukas Loughran

Berthold
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Synopsis Mona is a senior bodybuilder who is training for a world championship, her existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection and beauty. Her life is steadily followed by her coach who monitors her single daily actions like a demiurge and an artist: her sleep, her nutrition, her training sessions, her doping dosage, her psychology and even her sexual life. This routine gets interrupted when a young guy appears: a single brief sexual encounter over-balances her discipline and her will. Her body will start evolving into a separate entity with a different personality.
Director
Grazia Tricarico
Producer
Donatello Della Pepa, Salvatore Lizzio, Federico Giacinti, Antonella Volpe, Riccardo Di Pasquale, Olga Lamontanara, Michela Pini, Amel Soudani
Screenwriter
Marco Morana, Giulio Rizzo, Grazia Tricarico
Production Co
Revok, Amka Films Productions, Fenix Entertainment
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 44m