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Successive Slidings of Pleasure

1974 · 102 min

A hypnotic, disorienting puzzle of desire and violence that keeps slipping away from any stable reality.

Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale
Overview
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.

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  • BFI Player
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Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • obsession
  • madness
  • sexuality
  • identity
  • crime
Places
  • prison
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror5
Humour2
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime, drama, horror
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale, Marianne Eggerickx, Isabelle Huppert, Maxence Mailfort, Claude Marcault, Nathalie Zeiger
Cinematography
Yves Lafaye
Runtime
102 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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