A Woman in Flames

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A Woman in Flames ★★★ Die Flambierte Frau 1984 (R)

A bored middle-class housewife leaves her overbearing husband and becomes a high-priced prostitute. She has a passionless affair with an aging bisexual gigolo. Dark and dreary tale of human relationships and the role of sex in people's lives. Interesting but depressing. 106m/C VHS . GE Gudrun Landgrebe, Robert Van Ackeren, Matthieu Carriere, Gabriele Lafari, Hanns Zischler; D: Robert Van Ackeren.

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