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Behind Convent Walls

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Film Description

Nunsploitation with humour and very good photography. A graphic look at the sexual lives and fantasies of women in seclusion. Based on Stendhal's 'Roman Walks'.

 

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Director Walerian Borowczyk
Starring Ligia Branice, Marina Pierro, Howard Ross

 

Genre World Cinema

 

Country Italy Language Dubbed English   Year 1977

 

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Restored; 'Behind the walls' featurette.

 

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Certificate 18   Length 90 mins   Label NOUVE
Cat No NPD1015   Format DVD   Colour
Region2   Aspect Widescreen

 

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Article - "Walerian Borowczyk" by Graeme Hobbs
Tuesday 10th June 2003

As befits a man who spent years as an animator before directing his first live-action film, Borowczyk's universe often seems entirely self-contained, filled with objects and curios to which characters exist as adjuncts. He brings his painterly eye to clothing and set...  View article in full

 

 

Article - "Walerian Borowczyk's Obscure Objects of Desire" by Graeme Hobbs
Wednesday 5th March 2008

Polish director Walerian Borowzyck is a master at delineating the intimate psychology of interiors, especially in films such as The Story of Sin (1975) and La Bête (1975). However, controversy over the sexual content of his films tends to overshadow dis...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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Le poète maudit - In Memory of Borowczyk by Alan Boshier

The Polish director Walerian Borowczyk died in February of this year (2006). An original but controversial talent, his career began with several highly regarded animated shorts and features, before moving into live action with Goto, l'île d'amour (1968). As his films became more explicitly erotic, critical attention fell by the wayside or became openly hostile, but most of them contain moments of extraordinary visual power and the best of them are very good indeed.

 

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