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7.7
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THE WOMAN WHO POWDERS HERSELF

La femme qui se poudre

Directed by Patrick Bokanowski
France, 1972
Short, Fantasy, Horror
  • 1616 minutes

Synopsis

An evocation of concealment and unmasking, where the mundane act of a Victorian-era woman’s ritualistic application of cosmetic powder seemingly opens the window – or perhaps, Pandora’s Box – into underlying human anxieties of physical beauty, youth, desirability, and objectification.

Synopsis

An evocation of concealment and unmasking, where the mundane act of a Victorian-era woman’s ritualistic application of cosmetic powder seemingly opens the window – or perhaps, Pandora’s Box – into underlying human anxieties of physical beauty, youth, desirability, and objectification.