An ultra-violent horror film about a young woman who has sex with cars and gets impregnated by a vintage Cadillac which caused Australian audiences to faint in shock is coming to the UK.
Dozens of audience members down under walked out and fell ill at the gory thriller's premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Thursday.
Titane, by French director Julia Ducournau, tells the story of a young woman who kills without a care and pretends to be a boy despite being pregnant by the vintage car.
According to viewers attending a screening at the Sydney Film Festival, scores left the cinema while as many as 20 fainted.
And British audiences will be able to test their mettle when the horror film comes to UK cinemas on December 31 this year.
Dozens of Australian viewers walked out and fell ill at the Titane's premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Thursday
Some extremely violent scenes had cinema-goers shielding their eyes at the film's early festival screenings, as sharp intakes of breath alternated with nervous giggles.
The movie still won a long standing ovation at its opening night of Cannes film festival in France though.
Fixated on vehicles, the murderous heroine has sex with a car, becomes pregnant and gives birth to the resulting monster.
The film might have won Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, but it has turned the stomachs of many who watch it.
Titane, by French director Julia Ducournau, tells the story of a young woman who kills without a care and pretends to be a boy despite being pregnant by the vintage car
'15 people walked out of Titane at #SydFilmFest tonight. Missed a great, but strange, movie!' one person tweeted.
Another wrote: 'A friend fainted during TITANE last night and told me that 20 other people did as
