From Argentina, in black
and white. Marcia (Tatiana Saphir) works in a lingerie store in Buenos Aires,
bored with life and the little stimulation that seems to come her way. All of
that changes when lovers Lenin (Veronica Hassan) and Mao (Carla Crespo) spot her
on the street. Mao propositions Marcia for sex, and when she refuses, Lenin pulls
a knife on her. The two abductors are cruel and manipulative, lacking any sort
of empathy. After they steal a taxi and drive to the sea, Marcia is untied
and then goes along for the ride during a weekend of hitchhiking around. Mao convinces
Marcia that she really does care for her, and they finally make love. But it was
all part of the game, and Mao further humiliates Marcia afterwards, specifically
in relation to her weight. It's actually Lenin who becomes more human in the end. This
film simply irritated me throughout, with unbelievable characters who may have
worked if they were men, but not as women. Lesbians who abduct a straight woman
at knifepoint for sex and a victim who just lets it all happen? Unlikely, and
something one might expect in a comic pulp novel rather than an art house film
(from a male writer/director).
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