The Harem

This eccentric erotic piece is a rarity from one of Italian cinema’s most controversial directors, Marco Ferreri. Originally released in 1967, it’s a sumptuously sensu... more >

This eccentric erotic piece is a rarity from one of Italian cinema’s most controversial directors, Marco Ferreri. Originally released in 1967, it’s a sumptuously sensual, darkly satiric drama, with Carroll Baker as a seductive woman who lures the three men she desires to her villa, pushing them to their limits by toying with their sexual needs and egos. Ferreri, noted for his ability to shock the shockable, established a reputation as a maker of blackly humorous satires on middle-class life and attitudes. He provoked a scandal at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival with his film La Grande Bouffe, a reworking of the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, which won the Grand Jury Prize and entertained and disgusted in equal measure. Ferreri’s many other pungently original features include The House of Smiles, La Carne and Tales of Ordinary Madness. The film features a score by the inimitable Ennio Morriocone. < less

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Carroll Baker, John Philip Law, Ugo Tognazzi, Renato Salvatori, Gastone Moschin

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