Initiating our late night film series is the psychosexual, avant-garde, cult classic, Japanese animation from 1973, Belladonna of Sadness. In a feudal society, a peasant woman is exploited and abused at the hands of the state. She alchemizes these oppressive traumas to bestow abundance to the working class, but her immense power frightens the people she helps, sealing her tragic fate.
Visually stunning with a wickedly psychedelic score, this groundbreaking film will stay with you for years to come. Content warning: Sexual Violence, Explicit Sexual Content, Nudity. Not for the kiddos.
An eXXXtra bonus: One of the programmers worked on the restoration and re-release of this film in 2015, and will share their experience working on Belladonna before the screening!
ENTREXXX: Belladonna of Sadness
Dir. Eiichi Yamamoto | Japanese with English subs | 86 minutes
Programmed by C. Díaz & Alexis Bay
Doors at 9
Film at 10
FREE
18+
415 W. Jackson Ave.
Harlingen, TX 78550
Flyer design by C. Díaz, plague blob illustrations by Brian Smee.
