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Poster for Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!

Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!

1996

Overview

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 sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
September 12, 1996
Original language
English
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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