Immoral Women

Immoral Women (French: Les héroïnes du mal) is a 1979 French erotic drama directed by Walerian Borowczyk,^[1] written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues^[2] and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré.^[3]

Synopsis

The film is divided into three self-contained episodes, set in different time periods and featuring female protagonists whose names all start with letter M as in the word mal (evil) and who commit crimes of passion.

• "Margherita", the ambitious mistress of the painter Raphael. Rome, 1520.
• "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de siècle France.
• "Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.

Cast

• Marina Pierro as Margherita Luti
• Gaëlle Legrand as Marceline Caïn
• Pascale Christophe as Marie
• François Guétary as Raphael Sanzio
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini
• Jean Martinelli as Pope
• Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter
• Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor
• Noël Simsolo as Julio Romano
• Roger Lefrere as Michelangelo
• Gérard Falconetti as Tomaso
• Hassane Fall as Petrus
• France Rumilly as Madame Cain
• Yves Gourvil as Cain
• Lisbeth Arno as Floka
• Gérard Ismaël as Antoine
• Henri Piégay as Husband
• Mathieu Rivollier
• Robert Capia
• Daniel Marty
• Jacky Baudet
• Sylvain Ramsamy
• Jean Boullu
• Françoise Quéré
• Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
• Bernard Hiard

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and Olivier Dassault.^[4]

Release

The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.^[5]

References

External links

• Immoral Women at the Internet Movie Database
• Immoral Women at AllMovie