Ms. 45 (1981)

80 mins | Rated R | Crime

Directed by Abel Ferrara | Starring Zoë Lund, Jack Thibeau, Steve Singer, Peter Yellen

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Abel Ferrara's MS. 45 has become a cult classic of feminist revenge. As the male gaze becomes inescapable and the traumas of sexual assault slowly eat away at a timid and mute seamstress (Zoë Lund), she is driven by fear, trauma, and anxiety to strike back and exact vengeance with a .45 caliber pistol against the unchecked patriarchy and testosterone fueled male violence in the filthy streets of New York City.

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