Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.
Director: Ileana Pietrobruno
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| Directing | Ileana Pietrobruno | Director |
| Editing | Ileana Pietrobruno | Editor |
| Writing | Ileana Pietrobruno | Writer |
| Production | Ileana Pietrobruno | Producer |