Immoral Women

Immoral Women
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Directed by	Walerian Borowczyk
Written by	Walerian Borowczyk André Pieyre de Mandiargues
Produced by	Pierre Braunberger
Starring	Françoise Quéré Marina Pierro Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Cinematography	Bernard Daillencourt
Edited by	Walerian Borowczyk
Music by	Philippe d'Aram Olivier Dassault
Production companies	Argos Films Films du Jeudi
Distributed by	Argos Films
Release date	7 March 1979 (1979-03-07)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French Italian

Immoral Women (French: Les héroïnes du mal) is a 1979 French erotic drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk,[1] written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues[2] and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré.[3]

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.[4]
• "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de siècle France.
• "Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.

Cast

• Marina Pierro as Margherita Luti
• Gaëlle Legrand as Marceline Caïn
• Pascale Christophe as Marie
• François Guétary as Raphael Sanzio
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini
• Jean Martinelli as Pope
• Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter
• Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor
• Noël Simsolo as Julio Romano
• Roger Lefrere as Michelangelo
• Gérard Falconetti as Tomaso
• Hassane Fall as Petrus
• France Rumilly as Madame Cain
• Yves Gourvil as Cain
• Lisbeth Arno as Floka
• Gérard Ismaël as Antoine
• Henri Piégay as Husband
• Mathieu Rivollier
• Robert Capia
• Daniel Marty
• Jacky Baudet
• Sylvain Ramsamy
• Jean Boullu
• Françoise Quéré
• Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
• Bernard Hiard

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and Olivier Dassault.[5]

Release

The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.[6]

References

1. "Immoral Women (Les Heroines Du Mal) by Walerian Borowczyk on DVD". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
2. Buy Immoral Women (Les Heroines Du Mal) DVD – Turner Classic Movies Unlimited
3. KQEK.com - DVD Review: Immoral Women/Les Héroïnes du mal (1979)
4. Walerian Borowczyk’s Heroines of Desire. sensesofcinema.com
5. SoundtrackCollector: Soundtrack details: Héroïnes Du Mal, Les
6. Walerian Borowczyk (1923 - 2006) @ EOFFTV

External links

• Immoral Women at IMDb