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A gang of (mostly female) pirates hides out in a centuries-old castle
on a small island, slowly accumulating a small fortune from their raids of
passing ships. The gang is led by Giulia (Bernadette Lafont) quite
resolutely, but that doesn't mean several of the gangmembers aren't
already looking for her hidden treasure to abandon the rest of the group
and pirate life as such. Plus, there's a mole in the gang, Erika (Kika
Markham), who has considerable influence on Giulia and even convinces her
she needs a bodyguard because there might be a mole in the gang. The
bodyguard is Morag (Geraldine Chaplin), who has a personal vendetta with
Giulia - which Giulia is ignorant about though. However, being on enemy
territory, Morag can't kill Giulia just like that but has to play her
games that even continue when Giulia has found out about her and Erika -
but it soon becomes clear that the whole set-up eventually has to end in
death and destruction ... What a wonderfully weird film: A
modern day pirate adventure that though time and again falls back on
period costumes and settings, that at times becomes oddly theatrical or
breaks into a dance scene (including the finale), a film that dares to
play with at times unnatural colours, and that puts atmosphere over
action, even in scenes that might demand action, objectively ... and all
of this works like a charm, it's an exquisite and intelligent oddity that
marries genre and absurd cinema.
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