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Women People (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Valie Export

Written By:
Peter Weibel

Actors:
Renée Felden ..... Elisabeth
Hannes Fitz
Ika Frolik ..... Gertrud
Christian Ghera ..... Anna Sand
Hermann Hendrich ..... Franz
Ingrid Hölzl
Peter Janisch
Kurt Kautek
Maria Martina
Gerhard Mörtl
Elly Naschold
Eva Petra
Hilde Pilz
Lukas Resetarits
Helmut Richter
Hans Tilz
Christiane von Aster
Gerd Weger
Susanne Widl
Klaus Wildbolz

Synopsis:

Menschenfrauen is a film about relationships and the psychological oppression of women in society. Franz, a journalist, maintains relationships with four women. His three mistresses are introduced with television dreams of intense emotional violence (in the first dream, a mother shouts at her daughter, explaining that as a girl, she does not deserve a room of her own), and the fourth is his wife. He is desperate to have each to himself. Franz never offers a substantial sign of love, but is willing to say anything and make any promise for affection. His dependence on women for fulfilment is explained through arguments with his wife. He claims 'I am my own sound. The women produce voices within me.' An understandable and sometimes sympathetic antagonist is one of the films greatest strengths. The emotional damage he causes becomes believable.

Four women and their various relationships to the charlatan Franz make up this most generally despairing of Export's features on show. Each of the four are abandoned; two find support in each other's affection and one commits suicide in an especially bleak and unforgiving manner. Visually, the piece is closer to performance or installation in places, but never less than harshly realistic about the place and role of women in the unthinking man's world.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 25 January, 2019.

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