Lustvoll eine Schlange streicheln

Don't be misled by the frivolous title, because Hiroshi Mukai's film is anything but funny. It tells the story of a young woman who is denied social advancement out of her run-down suburb – on the contrary: because she always ends up with the wrong men, she is left with nothing in the end. Strong stuff, captured in perfectly framed, brutal Cinemascope images, more black than white.
(Florian Widegger)