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The Big Shake

Directed by Women • 4m 23s

Every girl has a period in her life when she needs acceptance and a clean blade. This experimental tribute and feminine spin on Martin Scorsese's THE BIG SHAVE strikingly questions the ideals of beauty and conformity that women feel pressured to emulate.

DIRECTED BY LUCIE RICO
FRANCE | 2013 | NO DIALOGUE

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