| Buy the DVD |   |
| Genre: | SciFi |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Rating: | ? |
| Length: | 104min |
| Country: | France |
| Cast: | Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, and Pierre Benedetti |
| Credits: | Directed by Walerian Borowczyk. (Italian w/English Subtitles, color, 35mm) |
Synopsis
Originaly conceived as the fifth episode of Immortal Tales, this episode caused such a furor that Borowczyk removed it from the film. Borowczyk's subsequent feature incorporates and expands upon this original footage, based on the true story of Beauty and the Beast. An American heiress, staying at the chateau of a marquis whose son she is about to marry, comes across the 18th-century diary of Romilda. She dreams of Romilda's sexual arousal by a mythological beast. The film became a success de scandale because of the taboo subject of beastiality. With bunuelian charm, the film provides a host of Freudian symbols scattered throughout a story observed with the eye of a painter.
|
|
|
|
