In one of his last roles, Julian Sands stars in Body Odyssey, a Cronenberg-esque body horror with psychological drama elements. Enjoy.

A contender to become Miss Body Universe, Mona (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 (Sands), 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.

The film also stars: Adam Misik, Stefan Sauk, Lukas Loughran, Hanna Ullerstam, and Maximilian Dirr. It’s written by Marco Morana, Giulio Rizzo, Grazia Tricarico. Tricarico who won Best Director at Sitges in 2024 also directed the film.

I did a little research on Fuchs and she is a real life female bodybuilder, so this is  not special effects, that’s her real life body.

The North American premiere of Body Odyssey is exclusively on Indiepix Unlimited on February 28, 2025.