Raw (2016) x Fly me to Saitama (2019) - Discussion

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Strange Transformations: A Double Feature
Let's discuss two very different — yet parallel — films about identity, transformation, and the strange rules we follow in order to fit in.

Raw (2016) – A French veterinary student discovers a monstrous hunger in herself. Gross, emotional, and weirdly tender. Trigger warnings: Violence, Sex.

Fly Me to Saitama (2019) – A campy Japanese satire where geography is destiny, and rebellion is fabulous.

One is horror, one is farce — but both are about characters learning who they really are (even if that means eating people or staging a prefectural revolution).

Let’s talk about how strangeness can be a path to freedom — or at least to weird self-discovery.

Discussion Prompts:

• What do both films say about conformity?
• How do they use absurdity or excess to reveal something deeper?
• Is the strangeness emotional, visual, narrative — or all of the above?