The Girl's Dead, Man (1974)
A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime "qui tue les mouches et deguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.
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Undescribable Perfection
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Some have referred to this film as softcore, a classification with which I must disagree. There is an aged man who takes advantage of younger females (presumably his servants), and a captain who comes into town looking for a treasure. That is, quite honestly, all that I got from this choppy film.It begins with a young man finding a book "les filles de Malemort" and he reads it to a female. After reading a few lines, the audience is taken back to the events retold in the book. It is, I must say, an intriguing film, but I simply could not figure out what was going on most of the time.I gave it a 5/10 because I enjoyed the setting and cinematography, and because it was still a fun film to watch, despite my lack of comprehension. A mostly worthwhile use of 75 minutes.
A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime (Règne) "qui tue les mouches et déguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade, her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family, who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. My video version runs for 74 minutes and is softcore. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.