City of Women

The events unfold in a contemporary era, reflecting the period's feminist debates and experimental cinema. The story shifts between urban and rural spaces in a timeless dreamlike flow, blending late-70s design sensibilities with surreal imagery. Time is used more to convey mood and ideas than to track a strict chronology.

The action moves from a train that stops at Fregene to a surreal hotel where a feminist convention unfolds. The hotel sits in a seaside area framed by forest and countryside, creating a dreamlike stage for the narrative. The environment becomes a maze of gender politics and theatrical spaces, blending travel, hospitality, and spectacle into one surreal setting.

🎭 Feminism & Power

A male protagonist is confronted by a world controlled by women, culminating in a feminist convention that challenges traditional authority. The hotel and its surrounding scenes expose vulnerabilities in male desire and social power. The narrative uses surreal staging to critique the male gaze and illuminate female agency. The confrontation with female power drives the film’s commentary on gender relations.

🌀 Surrealism

The film employs dream logic where photographs whisper, symbols shift, and spaces bend around Snàporaz. The hotel, forest, and party scenes become surreal tableaux that blur reality and fantasy. Visual motifs collapse boundaries between masculine and feminine spaces, creating a disorienting yet revealing experience. This surreal style invites reflection on identity and desire.

🎨 Dreamscape & Identity

Snàporaz traverses a sequence of gendered spaces that test his sense of self. The dreamlike episodes interrogate masculine façades, exposing vulnerability and longing. Identity unfolds as a collage of fantasies and erotic imagery that challenge conventional roles. The result is a fluid, evolving sense of self rather than a fixed persona.

💔 Masculinity & Insecurity

The male lead is overwhelmed by a female-dominated world that unsettles his sense of control. His attempts to assert dominance are repeatedly undermined by the women around him and by the film’s satire. The sequences emphasize performance, vulnerability, and the fragility of the male ego. The journey toward self-understanding comes through humiliation, awe, and disorientation.