''Immoral Women'' () is a 1979 French
erotic
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drama film
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directed by
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a Polish film director described by film critics as a "genius who also happened to be a pornographer". He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. A ...
, written by Borowczyk and
André Pieyre de Mandiargues and starring
Jean-Claude Dreyfus,
Marina Pierro and
Françoise Quéré.
Synopsis
The film is divided into three self-contained episodes, set in different time periods and featuring female protagonists whose names all start with letter M as in the word ''mal'' (evil) and who commit crimes of passion.
* "Margherita", the ambitious mistress of the painter
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
. Rome, 1520. This episode contains unsimulated sex between Margherita and Tomaso.
* "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family.
Fin de siècle
"''Fin de siècle''" () is a French term meaning , a phrase which typically encompasses both the meaning of the similar English idiom '' turn of the century'' and also makes reference to the closing of one era and onset of another. Without co ...
France.
* "Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.
Cast
*
Marina Pierro as
Margherita Luti
* Gaëlle Legrand as Marceline Caïn
* Pascale Christophe as Marie
* François Guétary as Raphael Sanzio
*
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini
*
Jean Martinelli
Jean Martinelli (15 August 1909 – 13 March 1983) was a French actor who appeared in over 50 French films between 1933 and 1983, mostly in supporting roles. One of his few international films was Alfred Hitchcock's classic film ''To Catch a Thie ...
as Pope
* Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter
* Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor
* Noël Simsolo as Julio Romano
* Roger Lefrere as Michelangelo
* Gérard Falconetti as Tomaso
* Hassane Fall as Petrus
* France Rumilly as Madame Cain
* Yves Gourvil as Cain
* Lisbeth Arno as Floka
* Gérard Ismaël as Antoine
* Henri Piégay as Husband
* Mathieu Rivollier
* Robert Capia
* Daniel Marty
* Jacky Baudet
* Sylvain Ramsamy
* Jean Boullu
*
Françoise Quéré
* Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
* Bernard Hiard
Soundtrack
The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and
Olivier Dassault
Olivier Dassault (; 1 June 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a French politician and billionaire businessman, who served as a deputy in the National Assembly.
Early life and education
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, he was the son of businessman and ...
.
Release
The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.
Walerian Borowczyk (1923 - 2006) @ EOFFTV
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References
External links
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1979 films
1970s erotic drama films
French anthology films
French erotic drama films
Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk
1970s French-language films
1979 drama films
1970s French films
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