A Wink and a Smile - A film by Deirdre Timmons
"Outrageous!"
Stan Hall, The Oregonian
An intoxicating mix of private yearnings and public spectacle, A WINK AND A SMILE exposes more than the human body by putting gender, power and sexuality under the spotlight, as it follows the lives of ten ordinary women who do something extraordinary learn the art of burlesque dancing and striptease. Through their adventures, we see how a homemaker, a reporter, a doctor, an opera singer, a taxidermist and a college student join the American cultural revival of burlesque, as it moves from fringe fascination to mainstream obsession, engaging a world where performance art and showgirl spectacle, music, theater and sensuality crash into over-the-top glamour a world where many want to go, but very few dare.
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2008,
USA,
Languages: English
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90 min.
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