An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.
Sirpa Lane
- Romilda (segment "La bête")
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Walerian Borowczyk
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues(segment La marée)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe original version screened in 1974 was made up of five, not four episodes. Borowczyk removed one episode, 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan', and expanded it to feature length as The Beast (1975). In 2010, a print of the original short film of 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan' was discovered in a French archive. The uncut version was shown at New Horizons Film Festival in Poland on 24th of July 2013, and subsequeny included on the 2014 Arrow Blu-ray release.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with this quote:
"L'amour, tout agréable qu'il est, plaìt encore plus par le maniéres dont il se montre que par lui-méme." La Rochefoucauld (Maximes)
- Alternate versionsAs indicated in the trivia section, the original version screened in 1974 was made up of five, not four episodes, running at 2h 5m. Borowczyk removed one episode, 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan / La Bête', and expanded it to feature length as La bête (1975). In 2010, a print of the original short film of 'La Bête' was discovered in a French archive. The uncut version was shown at New Horizons Film Festival in Poland on 24th of July 2013, and subsequently included on the 2014 Arrow Blu-ray release.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Beast (1975)
Featured review
This HAS to be some kind of record!
Okay, okay... 1974. The Europeans have figured out that a world-wide audience exists for films that portray full-frontal nudity, regardless of storyline or context. Borowczyk has chosen four stories from four eras to flaunt some skin... the 1970s right back to the 1400s. He takes the cake, however, with the third segment, featuring Pablo's daughter Paloma Picasso: she plays a countess in the 1700s bent on preserving her youth and vitality by bathing in the blood of virgins. To get this far, we are treated to the most incredible series of visuals ever filmed! At least thirty young, beautiful, and (gasp!) very naked women are brought forward to shower, cavort, pray, play with each other, and perform some sort of ritual that leads to their demise. You will watch the whole film, but you will come away remembering only this third segment. All the nudity aside, credit Borowczyk and crew for doing a fine job technically and photographically on this film. Definitely worth seeing.
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- Jan 23, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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