Love Rites ( Cérémonie d'amour ) ( Queen of the Night )

Love Rites (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cérémonie d'amour
Alternate Title: Queen of the Night
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Walerian Borowczyk

Written By:
Walerian Borowczyk
André Pieyre de Mandiargues

Actors:
Marina Pierro ..... Myriam
Mathieu Carrière ..... Hugo Arnold
Josy Bernard ..... Myriem
Isabelle Tinard ..... Récitant/Narrator (voice)
Jacques Couderc
Guy Bonnafoux
Claudine Berg
Lucette Gill
Julian Lee
Jennifer Ford
Sabrina Belleval
Jean-Raphael Sessa
Jean Négroni

Synopsis:

A man becomes obsessed with a prostitute, and loses his authority when their erotic games explore darker terrain. Walerian Borowczyk's final feature-length film is an adaptation of an André Pieyre de Mandiargues novel, and follows a similar fairy tale format, as in Borowczyk's nutty & naughty 1975 film, The Beast ("La bete"). Love Rites, however, is more about role playing: both lead characters meet in the subway, and after a lengthy long-distance exchange across opposing station platforms, they adopt personas and form their own erotic play.

The last film by the great Walerian Borowczyk, about the terrors of seduction. When Hugo (Mathieu Carriere) meets Myriam (Marino Pierro), a prostitute who picks up her clients on the Paris metro, he soon becomes obsessed with her sultry beauty and follows her to a flat owned by the mysterious Sara Sand, where he consummates his passion. Suddenly he finds the rules of the game have changed as Myriam is now in charge of his body and his soul. A macabre love poem from the Director of The Beast and Immoral Tales.

One day, Hugo meets Myriam, a prostitute who picks up her clients on the Paris metro. Hugo becomes obsessed with Myriam's sultry beauty and follows her to her flat owned by the mysterious 'Sara Sand', where he consumates his passion. Suddenly he finds the rules of the game have changed and Myriam is now in charge.. of his body and soul.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 31 May, 2007.

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