Immoral Women
| Immoral Women | |
|---|---|
 Official teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Walerian Borowczyk |
| Written by | Walerian Borowczyk André Pieyre de Mandiargues |
| Produced by | Pierre Braunberger |
| Starring | Françoise Quéré Marina Pierro Jean-Claude Dreyfus |
| Cinematography | Bernard Daillencourt |
| Edited by | Walerian Borowczyk |
| Music by | Philippe d'Aram Olivier Dassault |
Production companies | Argos Films Films du Jeudi |
| Distributed by | Argos Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French 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
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- 1979 films
- 1970s erotic drama films
- French anthology films
- French erotic drama films
- Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk
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