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The Woman Who Powders Herself

The Woman Who Powders Herself poster
Directed by
Patrick Bokanowski

How it feels

This is a black and white short film with no dialogue. Masked figures perform strange and bizarre actions.

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What happens

The Woman Who Powders Herself (French: La Femme qui se poudre) is a 1972 French black-and-white experimental horror short film written, produced, and directed by Patrick Bokanowski. The short film, which contains no dialogue, follows a cast of masked figures (similar to those of Bokanowski's later 1982 feature film L'Ange) engaging in a series of outlandish acts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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