Topic summary
Rape and revenge film
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Rape and revenge.
Reception and legacy
The Virgin Spring received polarized reviews from critics, but subject to censorship since its U.S. release, and later won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, marked the first rape and revenge film to win an Academy Award. In retrospective years, the film renewed positively and expressed inspiration of several films, described as a relatively auspicious heritage to rape and revenge films.