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Showgirl
Music · Tuesday, December 1 · 20:00 · Nantes
49 rue du Coudray, Nantes
In Las Vegas, under the rhinestones, it’s enslavement. To Rebeka Warrior’s electro beat, Marlène Saldana lights up Paul Verhoeven’s mythical film Showgirls (1995). And in her extravagant cabaret, everything is ablaze: ambition, power, violence. Monumental! The young Nomi Malone arrives in Las Vegas, a determined stripper hoping to break through. Criticized thirty years ago, Showgirls has become a cult film about the commodification of the female body in cinema, and about the struggles of class and gender. With Jonathan Drillet, Marlène Saldana — a phenomenal performer we’ve seen in films and…
