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Immoral Tales

1974 · 125 min

A slow, artful plunge into forbidden desires across history, mixing eroticism with a cold, unsettling gaze.

Tagline
Four Erotic tales that take us back through the centuries.
Overview
Four erotic tales from various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sexuality
  • obsession
  • power
  • corruption
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Walerian Borowczyk
Written by
Walerian Borowczyk
Starring
Lise Danvers, Fabrice Luchini, Charlotte Alexandra, Lisbeth Hummel, Paloma Picasso, Pascale Christophe, Florence Bellamy, Lorenzo Berinizi
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
125 min
Country
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Languages
French, Hungarian, Italian

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