Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection

Inspired by anatomical waxworks from the La Specola museum in Florence, Italy—one of the oldest scientific museums in Europe—Cronenberg’s work of speculative history provides an alternative gaze on the four female wax models on display, liberating them from their academic function as medical demonstrations and educational tools. The film reveals the vivid and unexpected dimension of the female wax corpses that until now have been known for their static and severe nature.