Love Rites
Obscure Pleasures: The Films of Walerian Borowczyk
April 2 - 9, 2015
A vain, preening clothing buyer is spiritually consumed by a demonic prostitute in Borowczyk’s final feature, which turns the sexual tables with perverse exactitude.
Borowczyk’s final feature returns with a vengeance to a signature theme—emasculation. Vain clothing buyer Hugo (Mathieu Carrière) meets beautiful Myriam (Marina Pierro) on the Metro and pursues her, discovering to his delight that she’s a prostitute. The crafty Myriam, of course, has more in mind for their encounter than smug Hugo bargained for. Though perhaps less graphic than Borowczyk’s best-known works, Love Rites nevertheless turns the sexual tables with perverse exactitude. Note: contains explicit sexual content.
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