Give Me Pity!

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Give Me Pity! is a 2022 surreal, one-woman televised variety-show-style film directed by Amanda Kramer and starring Sophie von Haselberg as a desperate performer whose glitzy TV special gradually descends into psychological horror.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
one-woman film
psychological horror film
surreal film
castMember Sophie von Haselberg
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Amanda Kramer
directorNationality American
featuresElement comedy sketches
horror imagery
monologues
musical numbers
featuresStyle glitzy TV special aesthetic
focusesOn a single performer on stage
genre experimental film
psychological horror
surrealism
hasCultFollowing true
hasLimitedCast true
hasMainCharacter Sissy St. Claire
hasSetting televised variety show
hasTheme fame
identity disintegration
loneliness
performance anxiety
television spectacle
hasTone camp
nightmarish
satirical
independentFilm true
leadActorNationality American
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Sophie von Haselberg
medium feature film
narrativeFocus desperate performer
narrativeStructure variety-show segments
originalLanguage English
plotCharacteristic gradual descent into psychological horror
portrays television as a site of psychological breakdown
productionFormat one-woman televised variety-show-style special
releaseYear 2022
screenplayBy Amanda Kramer
starring Sophie von Haselberg
usesDevice direct address to camera
surreal hallucinations
variety-show parody
visualStyle stage-like television studio
writer Amanda Kramer

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Sophie von Haselberg notableWork Give Me Pity!