Cowards Bend the Knee
DramaRomance
When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.
VIBE
A fever dream of operatic melodrama and surreal desires. This film feels like a half-forgotten memory, steeped in a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere of longing and obsession. It's a brooding, beautiful descent into a world both familiar and utterly strange.
melancholysurrealdreamlikebroodingslow-burnarthousesurrealistretro-noiroperaticobsessionunrequited lovefamily secretsrevenge
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