all the women in this movie are victim to societal beauty standards; elvira loses herself completely, almost unrecognizable to who she was before while agnes is aware of her harsh realities and has to conform to the system to survive. even rebekka, as a mother who was born into a patriarchal world, encourages her daughters because she sees beauty as their only asset.
I also liked how cinderella was portrayed. not as the perfect, innocent being as seen in almost…
a shit film directed by a pornsick male glamouring prostitution and degrading women. everything about this movie is simply performative and so desperately trying to be sold as progressive. there also wasn’t an intimacy coordinator on set which is extremely ironic to me. entirely dismissive and hollow.
what community is being honored? the sex trafficking business? the industry who exploits and sells women bodies to men for pleasure? sex work is not work, prostitution is paid rape. this is not a movie for women, it’s made by a man for men.
