Gloria mundi

Name: Gloria mundi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-04-07
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Olga Karlatos, Roland Bertin, Philippe Adrien

1976
2h 10m

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5.9/10

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Drama

An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolut... Read allAn actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.

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Trivia
In a 2016 interview with Manuela Papatakis (director's daughter), leading actress Olga Karlatos, revealed that originally there was no screaming involved in the the scene in which Roland Bertin, playing Raftal, push a cigarette on Karlatos's left breast. "The lit cigarette was really crashing against my skin - so the pain was real. Nico (Papatakis) asked me to control my pain, to try not to show it, to internalize it, as if I hardly felt anything. And I did indeed manage to handle the pain at the time of the take, but then Nico thought my expression was too bland and eliminated that take," Karlatos said.

Alternate versions
In 2005, Papatakis decides to create a new version by trimming the duration down to 1 h 32', shooting a new introduction sequence and adding some special effects.

Connections
References Love Me... Please! (1969)

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8/10

a radical movie about love and torture

A very impressive movie where the main character has to face humiliation and sufferings, while the narrator keeps observing her without doing anything to relieve her. The dramatic side of this movie is really fascinating and makes it a strong aesthetic choice. Olga Karlatos, the principal actress, is beautiful and radical. In the heart of the movie lies a true love relationship between the actress and the director. Love is also made of tortures. The movie also deals with the problem of torture during the Algerian independence war. It denounces radical patriotism. The director, Nico Papatakis, was also a producer. He helped John Casavetes to finance "Shadows". He also produced Jean Genet's only movie.

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