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Actors: Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carriere, Hanns Zischler, Gabriele Lafari, Matthias Fuchs
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Woman in Flames |
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In "Die Flambierte Frau (A Woman in Flames)", bored and frustrated upper-class housewife Eva (Landgrebe) leaves her arrogant and controlling husband and becomes a pricey call girl in Berlin. For a while a veteran prostitute named Yvonne (Lafari) teaches her the basics. But Eva gets involved with a customer named Chris, who turns out to be a bisexual call boy. She moves into his place, which is spacious enough for both of them to continue their separate occupations on the premises. But Chris becomes as possessive as her husband, and Eva's tension level climbs toward a nervous explosion. Co-writer and director Robert van Ackeren intended to present a metaphor for modern, consumer-obsessed Germany--he's more interested in criticizing capitalism than in sex--and this 1983 film is more provoking and confusing than a satisfying piece of work, but Landgrebe gives the role her all.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- prostitute
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- German
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- German
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- prostitute/concubine
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- German
Subtitles?
- Yes
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