Lesbian filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger's first feature film is an extravagant, unconventional allegory about Madame X, a pirate queen of the China Seas who assembles a crew of stereotypical women -- such as the housewife and the diva -- who wish to leave their mundane lives behind for a utopian adventure.
The women soon fall into self-destruction, however, as they replicate the power dynamic of the outside world among themselves. In German with English subtitles.
Director: | Ulrike Ottinger |