“Karima” (2003) – Review #13

“Karima”, by Clarisse Hahn, is a film about a young, French dominatrix. We see Karima having dinner, laughing with her family, talking with friends, and – surprise! – fist-fucking her domestic slave and then pissing in his mouth. You don’t just “kinda see”. You see. I didn’t expect that in a cinema full of people. 10 mins. into the film the first people started leaving.

But when I left half-way through the film, it wasn’t because I couldn’t take the sexually explicit material anymore, because there wasn’t much more of that. It was because the narrative wasn’t very strong and the production was weak. One thing I am wondering though: how did they get away with all the scenes where The Cure’s music was playing in the background?

Directed by: Clarisse Hahn