Synopsis:
A sexually frustrated woman, living with her sister and the latter’s husband, is tormented by bizarre nightmares and violent erotic fantasies.Read More »
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José Bénazéraf – Frustration AKA The Chambermaid’s Dream (1971)
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Henri Verneuil – Mayrig AKA Mother (1991)
1991-2000DramaFranceHenri VerneuilSummary:
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José Bénazéraf – Les contes de La Fontaine (1980)
1971-1980ComedyFranceJosé BénazérafSynopsis
Four tales of Jean la Fontaine tell in a libertine way. The pleasure of infidelity is described in all forms: a woman seduced by her servant, a man seduce his servant, the wives of Messire Guillaume, and a bourgeois and a nun.
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Yves Robert – Le retour du grand blond AKA The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974)
1971-1980ComedyCrimeFranceYves RobertCambrai, a modest captain in the French secret service, discovers that his superior, Colonel Toulouse, was responsible for the death of his rival Milan. To cover his tracks, Toulouse immediately sends two hit-men to Rio de Janeiro to eliminate François Perrin, the innocent “grand blond” who was instrumental in Toulouse’s scheme to remove Milan. When Perrin miraculously survives, Toulouse changes his strategy. He takes Perrin into his confidence and attempts to convert him into an ace secret agent, thereby discrediting Cambrai and proving that he is innocent of Milan’s death. When his beloved Christine is abducted by Toulouse’s agents, Perrin has no other choice. Indeed, he seems to relish the prospect of becoming a real-life James Bond…Read More »
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Philippe de Broca – Chère Louise AKA Dear Louise (1972)
Philippe de Broca1971-1980DramaFranceQuote:
A young woman, Louise, is a lecturer in a provincial town where she meets an Italian immigrant. The film retraces their relationship.Read More » -
José Bénazéraf – Perverse Isabelle AKA Bedside Manor (1985)
1981-1990ComedyEroticaFranceJosé BénazérafA pretty young nurse is hired to take care of a bedridden young man at a private mansion. She soon discovers that the estate is a hotbed of sexual depravity nd excesses, and that she and the other nurses are expected to provide the kind of services that they didn’t learn in nursing school.Read More »
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José Bénazeraf – Du Foutre Plein Le Cul AKA Breaking And Entering(1984)
1981-1990EroticaExploitationFranceJosé BénazérafIn the South of France a naughty band of female cat burglars decides to rob a ritzy villa for kicks. Breaking and Entering, the girls discover a treasure trove of love toys and lingerie that proves to be a real party pleaser until the long, long arm of the law catches up with them. These gendarmes go for the gusto using their “nightsticks” to probe the girls for information. Then the owners of the villa show up and are mistaken as thieves but it really doesn’t matter. They seem to enjoy “the intrusion” even more then the girls do!Read More »
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Benoît Jacquot – Jacques Lacan: la psychanalyse 1 (1974)
1971-1980Benoît JacquotDocumentaryFrancePhilosophy on ScreenTVQuote:
In 1973 Benoit Jacquot shot two films on Jacques Lacan, Psychanalyse I and II, broadcast on French television the same year. Les Éditions du Seuil published the text the following year; the English version appeared in 1990 under the imprint of W.W. Norton.Read More » -
Werner Schroeter – Malina (1991)
1991-2000ArthouseDramaFranceWerner SchroeterQuote:
Based on an introspective feminist book by Ingeborg Bachmann which I haven’t read but is described as a difficult fragmented work that exposes emotional reactions and stream-of-consciousness meditations on her identity vs. three men in her life, two lovers who try to control her or take over her identity, her obsessive love, and her scary father. The author, Bachmann, died in hospital after a fire in her house. Schroeter takes these real-life and written elements and applies his own treatment to the whole mess, showing scattered fragments of her life mixed with many and endless emotional breakdowns, fire and mirrors used as artsy symbols, a writer’s block, existential explorations on identity, some references to her interests in Wittgenstein, and various surreal imagery involving violinists, her father in a Nazi uniform, and lots of flames, all together in one jumbled emotional mess, like the inside of a schizophrenic woman’s mind. Unrewarding arthouse piece.Read More »