Directed by:
Walerian BorowczykCinematography:
Bernard DaillencourtCast:
Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Jean Martinelli, Gaëlle Legrand, Noël Simsolo, Rosette, Gérard Ismaël, Henri Piégay, Philippe Desboeuf, François Guétary, Marina Pierro (more)Plots(1)
A film in three parts that brings together tales of women in different historical epochs who use their sexuality to triumph over the men that oppress them. In the first, set in Renaissance Rome, a baker's daughter (Borowczyk muse Marina Pierro) models for a Vatican artist and pits him against a grotesque moneylender. The second episode charts the revenge of a Belle Époque teenager when her parents decide that her relationship with her pet bunny is too close for comfort. Finally, in modern-day Paris, a woman is kidnapped, and her husband proves less loyal than her beloved Doberman. Borowczyk brazenly explores motifs of bestiality, bourgeois moralism, and wanton revenge. (MFFK Febiofest)
(more)Cast
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
France
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Jean Martinelli
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
The Red and the Black (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Gaëlle Legrand
France
Best movies:
Heads or Tails (1980)
Cousins in Love (1980)
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
Noël Simsolo
France
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
In Praise of Love (2001)
Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
Rosette
Best movies:
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
The Green Ray (1986)
Gérard Ismaël
Best movies:
Bolero (1981)
Spécial police (1985)
A Few Days with Me (1988)
Henri Piégay
Best movies:
The Big Swag (1965)
Les Trois Mousquetaires (1959) (TV movie)
Princess of Cleves (1961)
Philippe Desboeuf
Best movies:
Jury of One (1974)
Germinal (1993)
The Public Woman (1984)
François Guétary
France
Best movies:
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
The Brave Judge (2018) (TV movie)
Banzai (1983)
Marina Pierro
Italy
Best movies:
The Innocent (1976)
The Living Dead Girl (1982)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1981)
Hassane Fall
Best movies:
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
The Beast (1975)
Pascale Christophe
Best movies:
Aces High (1976)
Piaf: The Early Years (1974)
Goto, Island of Love (1968)