Salomè (1986 film)

Salomè
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Directed by	Claude d'Anna
Written by	Oscar Wilde
Produced by	Yoram Globus Menahem Golan
Starring	Jo Champa
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Music by	Egisto Macchi
Production companies	Cannon Group Italian International Film Dédalus
Release date	May 1986 (1986-05)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	English

Salomè is a 1986 Italian-French drama film directed by Claude d'Anna and starring Jo Champa. It is an adaptation of the 1891 play of the same name by Oscar Wilde, and was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

While Jesus is preaching with his Apostles, the confessor John the Baptist is arrested by the king of Judea to the many defamatory sermons against the power of the monarchy. Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, imprisons John, and Princess Salome, daughter of Herod, without him being aware of it, secretly falls in love with John the Baptist. But it is a corrupt and lustful love, which comes from lying insults that John turns to the corrupt family of Herod. When Herod, in the birthday of his daughter, asks to Salome what gift she wants, Salome says she wants to see the severed head of John. Herod the content, and so Salome, when John is beheaded, performs the dance of the seven veils, and falls into sexual rapture, kissing full of the passion the mouth of the head. Herod, horrified, puts to death his daughter.

Cast

• Jo Champa as Salome
• Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Yokanaan
• Tomas Milian as Herod
• Pamela Salem as Herodias
• Fabio Carfora as Narraboth
• Lorenzo Piani as Phillip
• Tim Woodward as Nerva
• Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. as Messenger
• Sergio Doria as Horseman
• Annie Carol Edel as the Mother Goddess (as Annie Edel)
• Johara Farley as Princess (as Johara Racz)
• Paul Muller as the doctor

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Salome". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

External links

• Salome at IMDb