Contes immoraux (1974)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Walerian Borowczyk

Writer:

André Pieyre de Mandiargues (story)

Release Date:

28 August 1974 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Four Erotic Tales That Take Us Back Through The Centuries

Plot:

Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day...

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Pope | Female Nudity | Softcore | Bizarre

Cast

Lise Danvers	...	Julie
Fabrice Luchini	...	André
Charlotte Alexandra	...	Thérèse
Paloma Picasso	...	Elisabeth Bathory
Pascale Christophe	...	Istvan
Florence Bellamy	...	Lucrezia Borgia
Jacopo Berinizi	...	Pope Alexander VI
Lorenzo Berinizi	...	Caesar Borgia
Philippe Desboeuf	...	Friar Hyeronimus Savonarola
Nicole Karen
Tomas Hnevsa		(as Thomas Hnevsa)
Mathieu Rivollier		(as Mathieu Rivolier)
Robert Capia
Gerard Tcherka
Kjell Gustavsson

Also Known As:

Immoral Tales

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (1977) | Australia:R | West Germany:(Banned) (original rating) (cinema release) | West Germany:Not Rated (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:X | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Argos Films

Soundtrack:

Messe de Notre Dame

Cult Classic

Contes Immoraux/Immoral Tales(1974) is an erotic series of short films that opens with "The Tide". This first tale is about a young girl who is taught by her cousin about the connection between sex and the highest peak of a water wave. The story is average and is the least interesting. This tale is about how sex and intellectual thinking can go hand to hand. About how sex and the idea of sexual contact is thought up by the middle class.

The second tale in the film is one of the two best tales in this sensual anthology. Its about a sexually repressed young woman that discovers her urges through her religion beliefs. Charlotte Alexandra who plays the sex hungry woman is excellent in the role as well as absolutely breathtaking and arousing. She finds her sexual pleasure through fantasies of sex and self sex using vegetables. The story is about a woman's yearning to be independant and feminine.

The tale telling of the Countess Elisabeth Bathory is the best story. It takes place during the final hours of the countess before her arrest at the orders of the king. The story takes a shot at the government structure by showing its self indulgence and absolute corruption. Elisabeth Bathory was not a vampire in the traditional sense. First, she was still alive and did not suck blood. Paloma Picasso, daughter of the fame artist is wonderful in the role of the infamous countess(interestingly, when she is arrested the kings men put a suit on her that reminds me of the prisoner's arrest suit in Brazil).

The next and final tale is about one of the most scandalous moments in the 20th Century. It features a shocking menage a trois that is very bold to view. The story is about the love affair between Lucrezia Borgia and her father, the pope plus another man. The sex sequences are disturbing and shocking. This story is very powerful in its depiction of religious corruption.