The art of delusion is sculpted with images from a family archive from the 70s and 80s and sound clips from films. Madame Bovary is Flaubert's heroine and opens the hosts of this narrative exercise. Based on Ema Paiva's dialogue with her friend and confidant Pedro Luminares in the film Vale Abraão (Manoel de Oliveira, 1993), we understand gender identity as a closed characterisation of social values.
The art of delusion is sculpted with images from a family archive from the 70s and 80s and sound clips from films. Madame Bovary is Flaubert's heroine and opens the hosts of this narrative exercise. Based on Ema Paiva's dialogue with her friend and confidant Pedro Luminares in the film Vale Abraão (Manoel de Oliveira, 1993), we understand gender identity as a closed characterisation of social values.
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
วิล สมิธ รับบทเป็นนิคกี้ ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการหลอกลวง ซึ่งเข้าไปมีความพัวพันทางชู้สาวกับเจส สิบแปดมงกุฎสาวฝึกหัด (มาร์ก็อต ร็อบบี้) ในขณะที่เขาสอนเทคนิคทางการค้าให้กับเธอ เจสเกือบเอาตัวไม่รอดจนเขาต้องเลิกลากันไปอย่างปุบปับ สามปีให้หลัง จากถ่านไฟเก่าเป็นผู้หญิงเสน่ห์ยั่วยวนผู้ชำนาญการ เธอปรากฏตัวขึ้นที่บัวโนสไอเรส ในท่ามกลางแห่งวงจรรถแข่งที่มีการเดิมพันสูง ท่ามกลางแผนร้ายอันตรายสูงล่าสุดของนิคกี้ เธอทำลายแผนการของเขาอย่างไม่คาดคิด...จนนักต้มตุ๋นผู้ช้ำชองต้องถูกปิดเกม
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