Pentimento

Year: 1979

Runtime: 72 mins

Language: Dutch

Director: Frans Zwartjes

Drama

Set within a vast, imposing building, a cadre of scientists conduct disturbing experiments on women, blurring the lines between sexuality and cruelty. The title references the art‑historical term pentimento, which describes a hidden image beneath the visible one, suggesting how underlying layers shape the present work.

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