Immoral Women
1979 French film
- 7 March 1979 (1979-03-07)
Running time
Italian
Immoral Women (French: Les héroïnes du mal) is a 1979 French erotic drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk,[1] written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues[2] and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré.[3]
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. Rome, 1520. This episode contains unsimulated sex between Margherita and Tomaso.[4]
- "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de siècle 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 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.[5]
Release
The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.[6]
References
- ^ "Immoral Women (Les Heroines Du Mal) by Walerian Borowczyk on DVD". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ Buy Immoral Women (Les Heroines Du Mal) DVD – Turner Classic Movies Unlimited
- ^ KQEK.com - DVD Review: Immoral Women/Les Héroïnes du mal (1979)
- ^ Walerian Borowczyk’s Heroines of Desire. sensesofcinema.com
- ^ SoundtrackCollector: Soundtrack details: Héroïnes Du Mal, Les
- ^ Walerian Borowczyk (1923 - 2006) @ EOFFTV
External links
- Immoral Women at IMDb
- Immoral Women at AllMovie
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Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk
- Dom (1958, short)
- Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre (1967)
- Goto, Island of Love (1968)
- Immoral Tales (1973)
- The Story of Sin (1975)
- The Beast (1975)
- Immoral Women (1979)
- Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
- Emmanuelle 5 (1987)
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