“Madeline’s Madeline” and the Exploitation of Actresses
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.

Anna Fischer's career is hanging by a thread thanks to Nadja Auermann: Mandy Mutschke aka Mia Milana is an aspiring young designer and is living her dream in New York. Mia is working on her new collection with star designer Agnes van Beuyten. But Agnes senses serious competition and puts Mia out on the street. Her name is now Mandy again, she has to go back to the Berlin prefabricated building and start all over again. Active support will not be long in coming...
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.
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