Femina

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poster Nelly, the Tamer
Nelly, the Tamer
(2.8/5)
25mn - Drama
A melodrama about a female lion tamer who has an extramarital relationship with a distinguished gentleman, and then moves in with him. When she later comes to regret her actions, her husband has already d…
poster Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
(3.5/5)
7mn - Romance
Le Ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from France. It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. It in…
poster The Renunciation
The Renunciation
11mn - Western
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.
poster A Nymph of the Waves
A Nymph of the Waves
1mn - Documentary
A woman in ballet slippers wearing a large white hat and a long white dress - with ruffles, puffy sleeves and petticoats - dances across water with roiling waves behind her. She holds the edges of the ski…
poster The World and the Woman
The World and the Woman
(3.1/5)
66mn - Drama
In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who reluctantly takes a better position at a country lodge…
poster Her Defiance
Her Defiance
(3.1/5)
20mn - Drama
A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.
poster Carmen
Carmen
38mn - Drama
In order to help her smuggler kinsmen, a sultry gypsy seduces and corrupts an officer of the Civil Guard turning him into a traitor and murderer.
poster Os Lobos
Os Lobos
(3.3/5)
84mn - Drama
Cabreira Hill. A village dominated by patriarchal tradition: the woman takes care of the household or picks up wood; the man takes care of the cattle or chops down trees to produce coal. After doing time …
poster Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva
9mn - Drama
The story of how Lady Godiva came to ride naked through the streets of Coventry.
poster The Dancing Pig
The Dancing Pig
4mn - Comedy
A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.
poster White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
11mn - Drama, Western
A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
poster The Mothering Heart
The Mothering Heart
23mn - Drama
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beauti…
poster Die Serpentintänzerin
Die Serpentintänzerin
1mn - Documentary
A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.
poster The Vain Parlor Maid
The Vain Parlor Maid
(2.7/5)
4mn - Comedy
A housemaid is cleaning a studio. When she sees a sculpture of a nude woman in life-size, lying on a couch, she starts to compare this idealized body with her own. She takes off her clothes one by one, th…
poster Fate of Graduates
Fate of Graduates
(3.7/5)
100mn -
The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for th…
poster A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella
17mn - Drama
This Cinderella is up to date. She and her sister Jane receive an invitation to a reception. Jane, selfish and arrogant, is carried away with her own vanity and anticipation of making a "hit" and being th…
poster The Worldly Madonna
The Worldly Madonna
(2.6/5)
62mn -
Ms. Young portrays two roles. As Janet, a convent novitiate, she agrees to exchange places with her sister, Lucy, a cabaret dancer, who believes she has killed a man.
poster Little Angel
Little Angel
(3.4/5)
49mn -
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago. Her unruly “p…
poster Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A comic look at prehistoric life.
poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
4mn - Comedy
Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…
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