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'Immoral Women' is a 1979 French erotic drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk, written by Borowczyk and Andr Pieyre de Mandiargues[https://archive.today/20110810025816/http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D35588 Buy Immoral Women (Les Heroines Du Mal) DVD Turner Classic Movies Unlimited] and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Franoise Qur.[http://www.kqek.com/dvd_reviews/i/3205_ImmoralWomen1979.htm KQEK.com - DVD Review: Immoral Women/Les Hrones du mal (1979)]

Synopsis



The film is divided into three self-contained episodes, set in different time periods and featuring female protagonists whose names all start with letter M as in the word 'mal' (evil) and who commit crimes of passion.

* "Margherita", the ambitious mistress of the painter Raphael. Rome, 1520. This episode contains unsimulated sex between Margherita and Tomaso.[http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/feature-articles/borowczyk_heroines/#b26 Walerian Borowczyks Heroines of Desire.] sensesofcinema.com

* "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de sicle France.

* "Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.

Cast



* Marina Pierro as Margherita Luti

* Galle Legrand as Marceline Can

* Pascale Christophe as Marie

* Franois Gutary as Raphael Sanzio

* Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini

* Jean Martinelli as Pope

* Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter

* Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor

* Nol Simsolo as Julio Romano

* Roger Lefrere as Michelangelo

* Grard Falconetti as Tomaso

* Hassane Fall as Petrus

* France Rumilly as Madame Cain

* Yves Gourvil as Cain

* Lisbeth Arno as Floka

* Grard Ismal as Antoine

* Henri Pigay as Husband

* Mathieu Rivollier

* Robert Capia

* Daniel Marty

* Jacky Baudet

* Sylvain Ramsamy

* Jean Boullu

* Franoise Qur

* Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

* Bernard Hiard

Soundtrack



The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and Olivier Dassault.[http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=77949 SoundtrackCollector: Soundtrack details: Hrones Du Mal, Les]

Release



The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.[http://www.eofftv.com/names/b/bor/borowczyk_walerian_main.htm Walerian Borowczyk (1923 - 2006) @ EOFFTV]

References




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