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".

The film is widely celebrated for its avant-garde aesthetic that distinguishes it from traditional anime: Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Based on Jules Michelet’s 1862 book La Sorcière ( Satanism and Witchcraft ), the film is a psychotropic feminist parable: In medieval France, a peasant woman named Jeanne

Spurned by her community and seeking agency, Jeanne makes a pact with the Devil—who appears as a phallic, erotic sprite—to gain supernatural powers. In medieval France