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Fanny Strawhair (1984)

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Original title
Fanny «Pelopaja»
Directed by
Vicente Aranda
Genre
crime film
Country
France, Spain
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
18+
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman plots a detailed revenge against a policeman who killed her boyfriend and disfigured her. She works to get close to him and carry out her plan.

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What happens

Fanny Straw Hair (Spanish: Fanny Pelopaja; in France as French: À coups de crosse) is a 1984 crime thriller film, directed by Vicente Aranda and starring Fanny Cottençon and Bruno Cremer. The film, a Spanish and French production, was based on the novel Prótesis, written by Andreu Martin. The plot follows an attractive blonde outcast who devises an elaborate plan to avenge the humiliation she suffered at the hands of a policeman who killed her boyfriend and smashed her teeth with the butt of a gun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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