La Bête

Year: 1975

Grade: C-

Country: France

Director: Borowczyk

Review

strange french film about sex and hidden desires. the film opens with two horses having sex which is an odd way to open a film that has been described as ‘one of the most erotic movies ever made.’ it’s intended to show the base nature of sex and that people are like animals in this regard. the film surrounds this all with catholic puritanism. it’s about a woman who is coming to a french country chateau in order to marry the son of a rich man. the son hasn’t been baptized which presents some problems. meanwhile the woman whom he is supposed to marry is sleeping in her bedroom fantasizing about an erotic encounter with a beast in the woods. the beast turns out to be her husband to be. it’s sort of a surreal which is why my synopsis doesn’t make all that much sense. it’s a strange film that’s not very erotic or even all that interesting.

Watched on TV