The Laughing Woman

The Laughing Woman

Dominance. Submission.

Rating

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Release Date

8/24/1969

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A sleek psychological thriller that uses explicit domination scenarios as a battleground for control and identity, constantly wrong-footing you with reversals that remake what you thought you understood about both captive and captor.

Mood

UnsettlingTenseBittersweet

Themes

PowerIdentityObsession

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Unreliable narrator

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Sexual contentSexual violence

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