18/33
Joanna Arnow’s real life parents appear in the movie, playing Ann's parents
Synopsis
A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family..
What a surprise!
The second film by very talented Joanna Arnow (she edited, wrote, directed, and starred in the film) is a symphony of ambient shame, with movements centered on the different men that Ann, the protagonist, has varied-length and ambivalent relationships with .
Extremely original, astute, truthful, and humorous
She manages to hit a range of painful notes in these movements, from ritualized abjection of sensual humiliation to cutting corporate indignities.
I adored how the openly sexual material contrasted with the visual aesthetic; it gave me the impression of the female gaze in action
In over 50 years of watching movies and writing reviews it is time to say: I’ve never seen a movie like this and I truly enjoyed it.
