Crip Cinema Archive

Safe



Director: Todd Haynes
Year: 1995
Country: United States
Type: Feature
Form: Narrative

‘Suddenly, I find myself feeling sick…’

 A Southern Californian housewife begins experiencing disorienting symptoms: headaches, congestion, dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Dismissed by the people around her and deteriorating with every passing day, Safe is a thoughtful and unnerving representation of what it is to be sick under neoliberal capitalism.

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Image description: A white woman with long red hair wearing a pink nightgown sits staring into the distance. She has a book on her lap and is holding a glass of milk up with one hand. She’s sat in a large house with a spiral staircase behind, painters renovating and covers still on the furniture.
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