- Year: 1974
- Country: France/West Germany/Canada
- Director: Dusan Makavejev
- Starring: Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal
This was a hard one to find. I had to call the National Library and have them ship out this movie from their warehouse – but I got it! I’d heard this is pretty depraved and repulsive and as I always enjoy going outside the box and looking at more extreme art, I just had to see this. There’s no conventional story really. I mean, it starts out with a televised contest where the virgin with the most perfect vagina wins 50 billion $ and an arranged marriage with a milk industry tycoon. Except he happens to have a golden penis and she is terrified…and then she gets put in a suitcase on a plane to France where various random escapades happen. Meanwhile, in a separate story line, a woman on a boat across the world takes on a French sailor and they have an affair, all the while collecting and seducing others (the boat is also a mini candy factory, of course). You really see it all in this movie – if you can think it, it’s there. Sometimes I feel like its attempts at being extreme (the food orgy scene is truly disgusting) are so just for the sake of it, but the 70’s was a time of exploration, freedom and experimentation in cinema so maybe that was just the point. I don’t think saying “I like this” or “I didn’t like this” applies to this film. It’s a standalone experience, for better or worse. Shot in Montreal, Amsterdam and Paris. Watch the trailer here to get a bit of an idea of what you’re getting into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO0BJi5j_wg
Cinema Del Peppel 