Richard Leduc

  • Marcel Cravenne – Le lys dans la vallée (1970)

    1961-1970DramaFranceMarcel CravenneRomance

    The Lily in the valley is the story of an impossible love between Felix de Vandenesse, youngest of an aristocratic family, and Madame de Mortsauf, the virtuous wife of the Count de Mortsauf, a dark and violent man.Read More »

  • Alain Robbe-Grillet – L’Éden et après AKA Eden and After (1970)

    Arthouse1961-1970Alain Robbe-GrilletEroticaFrance

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    A group of students go to the Eden club where they play bizarre and cruel games including fake Russian Roulette, strange rituals, rape, blood-drinking and poison, until a mysterious stranger appears and ups the ante. After a bloody magic trick, he provides an African drug to a girl who sees a montage of fearful images and then slowly appears to live them, wandering into a strange fluid factory and into a postcard of Tunisia, where murders, S&M sex, dancing and a nonsensical plot of kidnapping and torture in order to locate a painting take place. The film is an experience, a reality created by illusions, hallucinations and drugs, with bizarre visuals and details emerging little by little as some images develop into scenes, albeit incoherent ones.Read More »

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