Pepi Punishing Pepi

This having been the first time ever watching any film of this nature, my initial reaction was to criticize immediately. As I watched and listened to the reaction of my classmates, I realized I was not alone in these feelings. Also as I watched the context and nature of the film continue to unravel, these emotions of our class started to subside. The issues and the context of these issues are not something that we as a society tend to address or make public; and when these types of material are presented in media, we as an audience are not prepared to control our emotions.

That aside, this film had many topics that touched on extreme importance issues. The fact that Pepi was raped by the policeman is definitely a sensitive issue, but it was her reason for saving her virginity that brought up question. Pepi wanted to sell her virginity to a high bidder and no longer could and it was this reason she seek revenge. The idea of a woman's virginity being very sacred and treasured is generally the case when referring to a virgin. The fact that her virginity was going to be saved for someone with the highest bid, no longer held these traditional beliefs. We did not get to finish the movie in our class, but I'm really interested in how it all played out.