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Movie poster: The Female of the Species (1912)
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The Female of the Species

1912 · 14 min Drama
4.2 / 10 · TMDB

A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the man's death, his wife plans revenge against her companion, whom the wife suspects had an affair with her deceased husband.

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Year 1912
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director D.W. Griffith
Runtime 14 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.2/10 (14 votes)

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The film constructs its drama with the stark, potent tools of early silent cinema, relying on the vast, indifferent desert to mirror the characters' internal desolation. It explores themes of jealousy and survival through a primal, visual language of glances and gestures.

What lingers after the final frame is a stark portrait of human nature stripped bare, where grief curdles into vengeance under a relentless sun. A raw, elemental study of betrayal. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: D.W. Griffith

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Best viewed in a quiet setting with a fitting period score to enhance its stark mood.

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