A Woman in Flames (1983)
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Genres: Drama
Director: Robert van Ackeren
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Release Date: 10 June 1983 (West Germany)
Country: West Germany
Clips courtsey of: Thanks to original artist.
Synopsis
Eva, an upper-class housewife, frustratedly leaves her arrogant husband and decides to enter the call girl business. She lets Yvonne, a prostitute, teach her the basics and both set out for prey together, until Eva starts an affair with Chris, who turns out to be a call boy, as well. Consequently, she moves into his penthouse, large enough for both to offer their services separately.
Review
When this movie came out it was all over town, the "sinfulest" movie
around: I would have given an arm and a leg to have seen it at the
cinema, but I was too young for it then.
Decades later, I have just seen it for the first time, and to my
delight it lived up to its reputation (unlike so many other movies). It
turned out to be well worth the wait! This is one hell of a smart,
erotic, intriguing, well-told movie. It's one of the best of its genre,
one of the most memorable movies of the Eighties, and one of the
classiest to have come out of Germany. It remains shocking and edgy
until today, and was like a cultural bomb in its time when, years
before the internet, homosexuality and sadomasochism were still very
much on the cultural dark side of the moon.
Unlike many other movies dealing with prostitution (American Gigolo
and Pretty Woman come to mind) it doesn't sugar-coat the business,
although it's still pretty glamorous and probably a far sight from
being documentarian. There is a synthetic, hypnotic atmosphere
throughout, enhanced by the dubbed soundtrack (which is often
detrimental to the atmosphere in other movies). The figures are
well-defined but remain intriguing through their ambivalence -- main
character Eva (Gudrun Landgrebe) is at the same time enticing and
revolting, her gigolo-friend Chris (Matthieu Carrière) slick and
vulnerable.
Only the final scene, it has to be said, is a bit of a letdown. I
don't know what the director was thinking here -- maybe he was trying
to avoid an X rating for "excessive violence" or something.
Nudity overview
Celebrity Name: Gabriele Lafari
Celebrity Name: Gudrun Landgrebe
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Timestamp:
Running time:00:04:30
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File Size: 47.1 MB
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Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 1460 kb/s
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Celebrity Name: Gudrun Landgrebe
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Timestamp:
Running time:00:03:02
Clip download link: Media:GudrunLandgrebe-DieFlambierteFrau-01.avi
File Size: 31.6 MB
Size(height x width): 1000x600
Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 1454 kb/s
Scene description:
Celebrity Name: Gudrun Landgrebe
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Timestamp:
Running time:00:03:39
Clip download link: Media:GudrunLandgrebe-DieFlambierteFrau-02.avi
File Size: 38 MB
Size(height x width): 1000x600
Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 1453 kb/s
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