Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez finally snaps, with bloody results…
Grimmfest Says: For those who may have missed this at GRIMMFEST 2025 ‘in person’ edition, here is your chance to catch it!
Grimm regular Pierre Tsigaridis (TWO WITCHES, TRAUMATIKA) returns with this confrontational and cathartic tale of ferocious female empowerment. Conceived as a vehicle for actress and musician Dina Silva, who had a supporting role in TWO WITCHES, and who here produces, co-writes, and provides the bulk of the soundtrack with her band, as well as taking the lead role, it’s like some mad mash-up of Bill Lustig’s original MANIAC, John Waters’ FEMALE TROUBLE, and Carlota Pereda’s Grimmfest favourite, PIGGY. Verging wildly between slyly satiric social observation, garish absurdist black comedy, and gory, ultra-violent mayhem, it’s a veritable audiovisual assault; a wild, weird, unpredictable, bone-rattling rollercoaster ride, consistently visually inventive, frequently outrageous, and filled, like all of Pierre’s films, with his evident love of genre cinema, past and present. And Silva is spectacular, very much the driving engine of the film; running the gamut from warmth and charm to pitiful vulnerability to utterly, terrifyingly unhinged, and displaying a similar level of courage and commitment to her role as PIGGY star Laura Galan. We won’t lie to you, this one may prove divisive. But whether you love FRANKIE or hate her, you certainly can’t ignore her. And you are never going to forget her.
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