2019 · drama · music
Devil Between the Legs
Directed by Arturo Ripstein2h 25m2019
Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a codependency and, at least for her, she would not conceive of her life any other way: by dint of feeling humiliated, she feels desired and desirable.
Our read: Devil Between the Legs (2019) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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