WEIRD WEEKEND III: The Other Side of The Underneath

Jane Arden’s violent and powerful adaptation of her work with the Holocaust women’s theatre troupe looks into the mind of a woman labelled schizophrenic and finds, not madness, but tortured sexual guilt created by the taboos of society.

“Funerals masquerade as weddings; women masturbate and vomit in churches; they murder each other with rubber weapons; they are revered as saints while being buried alive and crucified.” Kier-La Janisee, House of Psychotic Women.

Screening as part of Weird Weekend’s House of Psychotic Women strand.

Thanks to BFI & Kier-La Janisse

Content notes

Attempted suicide, Blood, Dead animals