DVD, Digital Release: Body Odyssey

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Laurence
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DVD, Digital Release Date: May 27, 2025
Price: DVD $17.58
Studio: IndiePix

A highly stylized drama that combines elements of Cronenberg-esque body horror, psychological drama and a satirical examination of the bodybuilding culture, 2023’s Body Odyssey is the debut feature by Italian director Grazia Tricarico.

A contender to become Miss Body Universe, Mona (real-life Swiss bodybuilder Jacqueline “Jay” Fuchs) is a 45-year-old champion bodybuilder whose entire existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection and beauty. Her daily schedule is carefully followed by her obsessive coach, Kurt (Julian Sands in one of his final performances), who rigorously monitors her every action like a demiurge: her sleep, her nutrition, her training, her doping, her psychology and even her sexual life. This unyielding regimen, however, becomes disrupted when a brief romantic encounter with a young man impacts both her discipline and her will.

An undeniably surreal genre-bender, Body Odyssey offers a central character (who’s portrayed by real-life Swiss bodybuilder Jacqueline “Jay” Fuchs) and storyline that is as intriguing as it is unsettling.

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.