该片是由尼娜·门克斯执导的剧情片,于1987年上映，主要讲述了.:　　Menkes’ spel.lbinding, formally inven.tive first feat.ure fo.llows .detached sex wo.rker Ida (Tinka. Menkes) throug.h the bars, flopho.uses and swimmi.ng poo.ls of East Los Angeles as s.he .moves inextricably. towards an unexpecte.d spiritual awaken.ing. Blen.ding p.oetry by Anne S.exton, Mary Daly and Ger.trude Stein, wi.th all.usions. to Catholicism. and mediaeval .witch hunts, th.is stylish and slo.w-burning psych.o-noir. builds to a spectacular de.nou.ement.