“Women have different relationships.

Were not trapped in a box anymore,” writer-director Halina Reijn says.

Which is insane,“filmmaker Halina Reijn toldW Magazine.

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Credit:A24

“It should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch and that women have different relationships.

Were not trapped in a box anymore.

We internalize the male gaze, we internalize patriarchy, and we need to free ourselves from it.

Babygirl Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24

Its really hard.”

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And afterwards, I think they’re both stronger.”

“What happens if you say, ‘No, I am perfect.

I dont have any blemishes on my soul.

Im not even aging I look fertile even though Im 55?'”

Babygirlis now playing in theaters.

Additional reporting by Maureen Lee Lenker.