London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: BANDAGED, 57000 KM BETWEEN US

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Friday, April 3, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
 

Johanna D’Arc of Mongolia

Directed by:
Ulrike Ottinger

Cast:
Delphine Seyrig Xu Re Huar, Inès Sastre

Country:
West Germany

Year:
1989

Running time:
165min

 
All aboard the Trans-Siberian railway where you’ll find titled ladies, Broadway stars, camp cabaret acts and a Mongolian princess who has come to kidnap them all. This sumptuous epic from Ottinger ranges from the obvious artifice of a studio film to an almost documentary realism when the film moves from train to the glorious vista of the Mongolian landscape. As the culture clash between the Western women and their Mongolian ‘hosts’ intensifies a sweet love affair blossoms between the princess and the young Giovanna, [...]

by Andre Soares | April 1, 2009   
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