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-'''''Femina Ridens''''' (Frightened Woman, 1969) is an Italian film by director [[Piero Schivazappa]], displaying a huge [[vagina dentata]] in his set design by [[Niki de Saint Phalle]]. The film was distributed by [[Radley Metzger]]'s Audubon Films.+'''''Femina Ridens'''''[http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/231722823/femina-ridens-femina-ridens-frightened-woman] (Frightened Woman, [[1969]]) is an Italian film by director [[Piero Schivazappa]], displaying a huge [[vagina dentata]] (a reproduction of [[Niki de Saint Phalle]] 1966 artwork ''[[Hon - en katedral]]'') in its [[set design]]. The film was distributed in the United States by [[Radley Metzger]]'s [[Audubon Films]].
-The male character, Dotto ([[Philippe Leroy]]), invites a young female employee Mary ([[Dagmar Lassander]]) to his modish house for a weekend of [[Sadomasochism|S&M]]. The tables slowly turn to the point where Mary becomes the willing master (similar to the dynamic power shift in Losey's ''[[The Servant]]'', 1963). The film is reviewed in ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972)]]''.+==Plot==
 +The male character, Dotto ([[Philippe Leroy]]), invites a [[young female]] employee Mary ([[Dagmar Lassander]]) to his modish house for a weekend of [[Sadism and masochism in fiction|S&M]]. The tables slowly turn to the point where Mary becomes the willing [[master]] (similar to the dynamic power shift in Losey's ''[[The Servant]]'', 1963). The film is reviewed in ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972)]]''.
 +== Alternative titles ==
 +# ''The Frightened Woman'', (1969)
 +# ''Gioco D'Amore, Gioco Di Morte'' (1969, Italy) (Eng: Game of love, game of death)
 +# ''The Laughing Woman'' (1969, United States)
-== Alternative titles == 
-# Also known as: Frightened Woman, The (1969) 
-# Gioco D'Amore, Gioco Di Morte (1969, Italy) 
-# Laughing Woman, The (1969, United States) 
-  
== Soundtrack == == Soundtrack ==
-*[[Stelvio Cipriani]]+*[[Stelvio Cipriani]], the track "[[Mary's Theme]]" is featured on ''[[Easy Tempo]]'' vol. 10.
- +
-== External links ==+
-*[http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/final_girl.html Donato Totaro] +
-*[http://home.clara.net/raydav/paradisecinema_frightenedwoman.html review] +
 +== Cast ==
 +*[[Philippe Leroy (actor)|Philippe Leroy]]: Doctor Sayer
 +*[[Dagmar Lassander]]: Mary
 +*[[Lorenza Guerrieri]]: Gida
 +*[[Varo Soleri]]: Administrator
 +*[[Maria Cumani Quasimodo]]: Sayer's Secretary
 +*[[Mirella Pamphili]]: Streetwalker
 +==See also==
 +*[[Femina]]
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Femina Ridens[1] (Frightened Woman, 1969) is an Italian film by director Piero Schivazappa, displaying a huge vagina dentata (a reproduction of Niki de Saint Phalle 1966 artwork Hon - en katedral) in its set design. The film was distributed in the United States by Radley Metzger's Audubon Films.

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The male character, Dotto (Philippe Leroy), invites a young female employee Mary (Dagmar Lassander) to his modish house for a weekend of S&M. The tables slowly turn to the point where Mary becomes the willing master (similar to the dynamic power shift in Losey's The Servant, 1963). The film is reviewed in Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972).

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  1. The Frightened Woman, (1969)
  2. Gioco D'Amore, Gioco Di Morte (1969, Italy) (Eng: Game of love, game of death)
  3. The Laughing Woman (1969, United States)

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