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Christine watches men watch women

1985101 min5.4 / 10

A psychologically probing character study of a repressed woman's voyeuristic obsession with desire and the male gaze, set against the seedy underbelly of 1980s Times Square.

A repressed young woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patrons of the Times Square porn theater where she works selling tickets.

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