Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!, Ileana Pietrobruno’s triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno’s febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensiblities of even the most faded feminists. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.8/10 | |
Released: | September 12, 1996 | |
Runtime: | 76 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Cast: | Alex Ferguson Rachel Cronin Tara Frederick Crystal Dahl | |
Crew: | Ileana Pietrobruno | |
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