Belladonna Of Sadness — (1973)

In medieval France, a peasant woman named Jeanne is brutally raped by a local lord on her wedding night under the "right of the first night".

It explores misogyny, systemic oppression, sexual liberation, and the "purifying" nature of female rage. 🎨 Visual & Auditory Style

Based on Jules Michelet’s 1862 book La Sorcière ( Satanism and Witchcraft ), the film is a psychotropic feminist parable: