A Woman's Case (1969)

Original title

מקרה אישה

Directed by

Jacques Katmor

Genre

independent film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black and white Israeli experimental film follows the artistic exploration of the female body. Made by a small underground group with no commercial goals, it was the first Israeli film shown at the Venice Film Festival.

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What happens

A Woman's Case (Hebrew: מקרה אישה, tr. Mikreh Isha) is a 1969 black and white Israeli independent underground experimental dramatic art film, the first Israeli film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival, directed by Jacques Katmor, and, usually, categorized as belonging to the bohemian/counterculture and New Sensibility movement. The film was released on DVD by NMC Music. Cinematographer and coscreenwriter Amnon Salomon stated, during an interview, held late in life, that the film's origin is in Katmor's early exhibition, dealing with the female body, and, that the filmmakers had no commercial motivations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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