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The Capsule
The Capsule
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/10
2,502 Ratings

THE CAPSULE

Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Greece, 2012
Drama, Short

Synopsis

A group of seven stone-faced women are awakened by candlelight in a palatial mansion, perched at the top of a Cycladic rock. They engage in a bizarre series of ritualistic endeavours for their matriarch, which could prove to be just as incredible as life itself, before receding back to their lair.

Synopsis

A group of seven stone-faced women are awakened by candlelight in a palatial mansion, perched at the top of a Cycladic rock. They engage in a bizarre series of ritualistic endeavours for their matriarch, which could prove to be just as incredible as life itself, before receding back to their lair.

Our take

In a sensuous short that luxuriates in feminine mythology, all things carnal, pendulous, and tentacular spill from flawless flesh. Ariane Labed’s high priestess takes pleasure in pulling the strings on her harem of beautiful, obedient women, combining sadomasochism and Sapphism to delectable ends.