the film 'lady libertine'[a.k.a.'Frank and i']has a sequence set in a 19th century brothel in which a woman is flogged-inspired by a 'recent event in Russia'in which a 'Nihilist' was punished that way-the girl is punished by two female 'guards'-the whipping is 'faked' for the entertainment of the watching punters-the whip containing red paint to give the illusion of 'bleeding'
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