Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 12, 1996Release Date
Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 12, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!, Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensiblities of even the most faded feminists.
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Cast & Crew.

Ileana Pietrobruno
Director

Rachel Cronin
Snow White

Crystal Dahl
Nurse

Alex Ferguson
Dr. Storey

Tara Frederick
Scheherazade

Mina E. Mina
Man in wheelchair

Marnie Robinson
Model

Wendy Russell
Nurse

Christine Taylor
Ballerina

John Houtman
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
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