The Virgin's Bed ( Le lit de la vierge )

The Virgin's Bed (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Le lit de la vierge
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
96 min + 30 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Philippe Garrel

Written By:
Philippe Garrel

Actors:
Zouzou ..... Marie
Marie Magdalène ..... Jesus
Pierre Clémenti ..... Prisoner
Tina Aumont ..... Apostle
Philippe Garrel ..... Horseman
Jean-Pierre Kalfon ..... Tortured woman
Valérie Lagrange ..... Prisoner
Margareth Clémenti
Pierre-Richard Bré
Nicole Laguigner
Babette Lamy
Didier Léon
Jaime Semprun

Synopsis:

Philippe Garrel's 1969 feature La lit de la vierge (The Virgin's Bed) represents a spiritual and thematic cousin to his 2005 film The Regular Lovers; whereas the latter revisits the tumultuous Parisian events of May 1968 over 35 years later, and carefully reconstructs those days with docudrama technique, Garrel and his cast and crew of shot La lit in the summer of '68 (reportedly under the influence of acid and without a script), just a few months after the bouleversement of the riots. In that picture, the filmmakers adapt the Biblical story of Jesus very loosely and non-narratively, using Christ as a metaphoric symbol of the late '60s protest movement - the 'ultimate hippie.' The picture also reflects the filmmakers' self-mythologies of existing and functioning as a 'religious sect.' Pierre Clementi plays Jesus; Zouzou portrays both the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.

The emerging auteur's rarely screened first feature-length film, this 1969 film was made 40 years ago in the wake of the'68 revolution and represents Garrel's first foray into narrative filmmaking. A loose Biblical allegory starring the legendary model-artist-musician Zouzou as Mary Magdalene, French actor Pierre Clémenti as Jesus and the director himself as a misguided apostle, THE VIRGIN'S BED is a hauntingly austere and unparalleled film debut.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 July, 2011.

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