Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)

7.5/10 41 min Drama

Overview

Beauty Becomes the Beast describes a random access world mediated by TV images and shards of popular culture. The film features a powerful performance by Lydia Lunch regressing from adulthood to childhood, hinting at a sexually abusive past. It concerns itself with the position of woman as subject and the way women experience patriarchal law and the heterosexual order.

Cast

Adele Bertei

Lydia Lunch

Klaus Nomi

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