Cool Hands Warm Heart (1979)

The film begins with a series of events on a crowded outdoor market street Women on stages perform private rituals shaving legs and armpits fixing their hair etc A woman tries to disrupt their work She struggles to set herself apart from them to resist the forces of habit but gradually becomes more involved than she is willing to admit Although she sets in motion a chain reaction of rebellion she isnt able to keep the momentum going She stops before carrying it to the logical conclusion and ends up on the stage herself Can we hold a knife without stabbing ourselves Can we hold a knife without even thinking of doing that And do we need knives