The use of human hands as characters in a dance inspired narrative are used to explore female experience and representation. By drawing upon experimental traditions found in international art, film, and photography movements of the 1920s, Simon transforms a simple melodramatic love story into an avant-garde feminist short film. (Jennifer Wild)
Hands: The Life and Loves of the Gentler Sex
13 mins
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Fantasy
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Feb. 16, 1929
The use of human hands as characters in a dance inspired narrative are used to explore female experience and representation. By drawing upon experimental traditions found in international art, film, and photography movements of the 1920s, Simon transforms a simple melodramatic love story into an avant-garde feminist short film. (Jennifer Wild)
IMDb rating
6.5
Producers
Original title
Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines zärtlichen Geschlechts