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Libido (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
David Baker
Tim Burstall

Written By:
David Baker
Tim Burstall
Thomas Keneally
Craig McGregor

Actors:
Elke Neidhart ..... "
Bryon Williams ..... "
Mark Albiston ..... "
John Williams ..... "
Jill Forster ..... "
Judy Morris ..... "
Bruce Barry ..... "
Louise Homfrey ..... "
George Fairfax ..... "
Robyn Nevin ..... "
Arthur Dignam ..... "
Vivean Gray ..... "
Jack Thompson ..... "
Max Gillies ..... "
Debbie Nankervis ..... "

Synopsis:

Four Australian directors explore different angles of the title topic in this generally downbeat anthology. In "The Husband" a husband increases his arousal during lovemaking by imagining his wife in different sexual liaisons without realizing that his fantasy may based on fact. The second vignette "The Child" centers on the resentful son of a widow who is having an affair with another. While his mother is off galavanting with her new love, the boy is left in the care of a governess whom he grows to love. The poor boy begins to fear that his new friend will be fired as soon as his mother returns and so goes off on a walk to sort out his feelings. He wanders into a field and it is there he sees his governess making love to his mother's boyfriend. This causes the emotionally fragile lad to shatter and blindly run towards the river where he crazily hops into a boat and begins rowing into the current. The lover, wanting to save the child from harm dives in and tragedy ensues. In "The Priest," a priest wrestles with his love for a nun. Though they want to marry, the nun forces them to leave their orders in the correct way. It is a way filled with red-tape and takes so long that the relationship withers and they remain in their vocations. The final segment "The Family Man" deals with a slob of a husband who decides to celebrate the birth of his third child by having a little fling while his wife recuperates in hospital. He enlists the aid of a buddy and together they get drunk, pick up two floozies and head to his beachhouse. When the gals learn about his wife, they stomp out of the house. Time passes and the husband brings his family to the house for vacation. Much to his horror he finds that the two women have placed a large incriminating sign upon it leaving him to try to explain it all to his wife.

Libido is made up of four films on sexual themes, of around half an hour each. In "The Husband" (written by Craig McGregor, directed by John B. Murray). Jonathan (Bryon Williams) is troubled by his wife Penelope's (Elke Neidhardt) new found independence and assertiveness courtesy of books like Germaine Greer's then-recent The Female Eunuch and harbours paranoid suspicions that she is having an affair.
The Child (written by Hal Porter, directed by Tim Burstall) is set in 1912. Ten-year-old Martin (John Williams) loses his father on the Titanic and is looked after by Sybil (Judy Morris), a young nurse, which his mother (Jill Forster) spends time with her lover David (Bruce Barry). Martin soon develops a deep attachment to Sybil, which has tragic consequences.
The Priest (written by Thomas Keneally, directed by Fred A. Schepisi, who would lose the middle initial in his later films) concerns Father Burn (Arthur Dignam) and Sister Caroline (Robyn Nevin) who have been lovers. He had had a breakdown as a result. They wish to marry, but she wants to wait until the Vatican has allowed him formally to leave the church. He tries to persuade her otherwise.
Finally, The Family Man (written by David Williamson, directed by David Baker) is the story of Ken (Jack Thompson), left alone while his wife is having a baby. Ken and his best mate Gerry (Max Gillies) pick up two girls (Debbie Nankervis, Suzanne Brady) in a pub but things take a nasty turn when they're not as willing as he thought.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 November, 2006.

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