Walerian Borowczyk — Playwright (11)

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Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal (1967)
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other title: Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal / Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre …
"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of loosely connected scenes, much like a vaudeville program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Kabal perform absurd, surreal, and sometimes cruel acts.

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Emmanuelle 5 (1987)
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Walerian Borowczyk actor: Monique Gabrielle / Crofton Hardester …
Emmanuelle, the sexiest woman in the world, endures a streak of bad luck that begins when she's stripped by a mob of adoring fans at an international film festival. Emmanuelle's lousy luck continues when she's abducted from her yacht off the South of France and forced to submit to the erotic desires of an Arab sheik.

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Goto, Island of Love (1969)
Goto, l'île d'amour
Walerian Borowczyk actor: Pierre Brasseur / Ligia Branice …
other title: Goto, l'isola dell'amore / Goto, l'île d'amour …
A petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilisation by a tumultuous earthquake. His dream is to possess Glossia, a stifled beauty trapped in a loveless marriage to a melancholic dictator.

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Immoral Tales (1974)
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Walerian Borowczyk actor: Lise Danvers / Fabrice Luchini …
other title: I racconti immorali di Borowczyk / Contes immoraux …
Four erotic tales from in 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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The Beast (1975)
La Bête
Walerian Borowczyk actor: Sirpa Lane / Lisbeth Hummel …
other title: La bestia / O Monstro …
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.