John Moulder-Brown

  • Pierre Grimblat – Dites-le avec des fleurs aka Say It with Flowers (1974)

    Pierre Grimblat1971-1980DramaSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoThriller

    Synopsis:
    In this bizarre psychological thriller, a handsome young boy (John Mouder-Brown), who is marred by a strange birthmark on his face, tells a disturbing tale about how his family died. The family had been living for some time in a villa which was overgrown with flowering vines. Some of the vines even penetrate to the inside of the house. It seems that the boy’s father, (Fernando Rey), was part of a conspiracy to kill Hitler, and when the plot failed, he was forced to kill his family in order to prevent them from suffering horrible torture. Unable for some reason to kill himself, he escaped but became the victim of amnesia after a motorcycle accident. When a German governess came to stay, his father’s memory is revived. The boy travels to Germany in pursuit of the governess and learns that her family seeks vengeance from his father.Read More »

  • Eloy de la Iglesia – Juego de amor prohibido AKA Forbidden Love Game (1975)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaEloy de la IglesiaQueer Cinema(s)Spain

    Synopsis:
    ‘The film begins with a school teacher played by Javier Escriva bidding farewell to his students, who are leaving for the summer. As he is heading home he notices two of his students are hitch-hiking (a boy and a girl, played by John Moulder-Brown and Inma de Santis), and picks them up. He invites them over for dinner and lodging, which they accept. The majority of the film from this point on is set at the mansion, where the two students turn from guests to prisoners under the teacher’s command. The teacher has a thuggish (yet sensitive) henchman played by Simon Andreu, who enforces the teacher’s wishes. The teacher begins to sexually humiliate and torture the two students until he has mentally brainwashed them into his way of thinking […] Eventually there is a reversal of roles…’
    – jlabineRead More »

  • Maximilian Schell – Erste Liebe (1970)

    1961-1970DramaMaximilian SchellRomanceSwitzerland

    Based on Ivan Turgeyev’s novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the girl (Dominique Sanda as Sanaida) falls in love with the boy’s father (Maximilian Schell). This film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 1970’s Academy Awards. Written
    by Reece LloydRead More »

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