The Nightmare Woman (1981)
- Original title
- Die Alptraumfrau
- Directed by
- Lothar Lambert
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, women's cinema
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman in her thirties in Berlin works through childhood trauma and psychological issues with her psychiatrist. She struggles with shame and distress over her masochistic sexual fantasies.
intimatepsychologically heavyconfessionalrawsoberuncomfortableslowintrospective
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