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Lianna

Screening on Film
Directed by John Sayles.
With Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries.
US, 1983, 35mm, color, 110 min.
Print source: HFA

“Lianna Massey eats pussy.” So proudly declares the title protagonist of Sayles’s compassionate portrait of a newly lesberated woman. Ditching her supercilious husband to embark on a passionate affair with her child-psychology prof, Lianna is introduced to the myriad pleasures of the dyke bar, not least the thrill of being cruised.

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