Mano Destra
| Mano Destra | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Cleo Übelmann |
| Written by | Cleo Übelmann |
| Starring | Cleo Übelmann, Unknown model |
Release date |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Language | Italian |
Mano Destra (Italian for "right hand") is a lesbian art film by the Swiss filmmaker Cleo Übelmann, released in 1986. In black and white, Mano Destra is a study of erotic objectification which depicts a woman tying up another woman in a lengthy act of consensual bondage. Made in Switzerland, the film is 53 minutes long.
In Women and the New German Cinema, Julia Knight describes it as a film which explores the liberating possibilities of sadomasochism, subverting audience expectations of what sadomasochism is like.[1] In New Queer Cinema, B. Ruby Rich described it as "deserving of instant cult status".[2]
In The Pleasure Threshold: Looking at Lesbian Pornography on Film, Cherry Smyth states that its imagery is "beyond sex", and that "like being offered an ice-cold, luscious fruit drink on a hot day, which you are forbidden to taste, this film encapsulates desire as death, as nothingness, and yet utter completeness".[3][4]
Images from the film were later published in 1988 as part of a book, The Dominas - Mano Destra by the Cleo Uebelmann-Group.[5]
References
- ^ Knight, Julia, 1957- (1992). Women and the new German cinema. London: Verso. pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-86091-352-X. OCLC 25412660.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rich, B. Ruby. New queer cinema : the director's cut. Durham. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8223-5411-6. OCLC 818416587.
- ^ Smyth, Cherry (21/1990). "The Pleasure Threshold: Looking at Lesbian Pornography on Film". Feminist Review (34): 152. doi:10.2307/1395314.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Collective, The Feminist Review (2005-07-18). Feminist Review: Issue 34: Perverse Politics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-94034-9.
- ^ Uebelmann, Cleo (1986). The Dominas - Mano Destra. Tübingen: Verlag Claudia Gehrke. ISBN 3887690389.
Further reading
- Cherry Smyth. The Pleasure Threshold: Looking at Lesbian Pornography on Film. Feminist Review, No. 34, Perverse Politics: Lesbian Issues (Spring, 1990), pp. 152–159 doi:10.2307/1395314
External links
- Entry for Mano Destra at the British Film Institute film database
- Mano Destra at IMDb
- Entry for Mano Destra at the film's UK distributor
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