Beauty and the Beast

Apr 18, 1977

1h 38m

★ 5.3

Overview

Decameron-style collection of entertaining short stories with such diverse themes as nymphomania, bestiality, and masochism.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daino Film

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Cast

Slavegirl (segment La schiava) / Varvara (segment Zooerastia)

Lisbeth Hummel

Giovanna's Mother (segment La promessa)

Anna Maria Bottini

Giovanna (segment La promessa)

Franca Gonella

Tsar (segment La schiava)

Claudio Undari

Blonde friend of Masoch (segment "La fustigazione")

Brigitte Petronio

Lover of lady Masoch (segment "La fustigazione")

Brunello Chiodetti

Prince (segment Zooerastia)

Philippe Hersent

Lady Masoch (segment "La fustigazione")

Piera Maria Caretto

Masoch (segment "La fustigazione")

Massimo Cosentini

Harry (segment "La promessa")

Nicolò Piccolomini

Servant (segment La schiava) (uncredited)

Alba Maiolini

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6.0

Caligula

Aug 14, 1979

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

4.6

The Last Day

Nov 3, 2004

At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu.

5.2

Delta

Sep 11, 2008

A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living with a new boyfriend, and his sister to be grown-up. He begins to settle down in this new place by building a new home for himself on the delta. But when his sister moves in with him and the two begin a romance, there are tragic consequences.

4.8

Emmanuelle 2000: Being Emmanuelle

Jun 15, 2000

Exploring desires and fantasies while experiencing pleasures through the love making device gets Emmanuelle willing to spread the excitement so much it gets close to feeling like in her own skin.

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2.0

Eine Frau für gewisse Stunden

Mar 1, 1985

Liza Hofer is a luxury prostitute and drug addict who works at the nightclub of William Ackermann. One day, Liza walking her friend's dog, meets a student Hinrich in a wheelchair in the park. Love begins to develop between them, but will Liza's profession do not stop her?

4.6

Sinful Intrigue

Jul 13, 1995

A mysterious attacker is preying on the rich and decadent set in an elite community.

7.1

Boy A

Jul 23, 2008

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.

6.7

The Cement Garden

Feb 20, 1993

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.

7.5

Niaye

Jan 2, 1964

Adapted from "Vehi-Ciosane ou Blanche-Genèse," this short drama portrays a Senegalese village thrown into crisis by the pregnancy of a young girl, revealing deeper patterns of moral and social breakdown.

6.2

Blown Away

Apr 1, 1993

After her mother is killed by a car bomb, a 17-year-old girl lives a reckless and decadent lifestyle. She begins having sex with a boy who works at a local ski resort. He falls in love, and she tells him of her suspicions that her strict father was responsible for her mother's death and wants him to help her out of her situation. He must decide whether she's telling the truth or using him to her own ends.

5.7

Antonio's Secret

Feb 13, 2008

The story about a teenage boy, Antonio, whose emerging gay sexuality alienates him from his friends and family, until his libertine uncle, Jonbert, comes to live with him and his mother.

5.6

Sex Farm

Jan 1, 1973

Two frustrated wives decide to visit a health farm for a weekend where they become involved in orgies while their husbands amuse themselves at work in a similar fashion.

2.0

Obsession

Jun 8, 2013

An ambitious investigative reporter manages to get a meeting with a highly powerful businessman, but she does not expect to be pulled into the emotional maze that is his life which results in the two entering into a series of passionate encounters.

6.0

Flower & Snake: Zero

May 17, 2014

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3.0

The Saint of Preveza

Nov 4, 1982

It concerns the sinful life and scandals of Metropolitan of Preveza, who was involved in various suspicious cases. His activity is described in the darker colors and the subject gets political dimensions, in relation to the prevailing situation within the Greek Church.

4.3

Forbidden Homework

Dec 4, 1992

A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.

5.6

Cheeky

Jan 28, 2000

While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment overlooking the Thames. There, she meets a real estate agent by the name of Moira.