Madame X - An Absolute Ruler

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2h 27m | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Lesbian filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger's first feature film is an extravagant, unconventional allegory about Madame X, a pirate queen of the China Seas who assembles a crew of stereotypical women -- such as the housewife and the diva -- who wish to leave their mundane lives behind for a utopian adventure.

The women soon fall into self-destruction, however, as they replicate the power dynamic of the outside world among themselves. In German with English subtitles.