“A mound of petty ideas”
Full bore one of the most stunning parade of images ever committed to film; a 1970 movie that looks decades ahead of its time, with bits and pieces referenced years later in everything from The Godfather to Possession. Tragedy and irony are the main emblems of this story, but a heavy dose of eroticism makes the tragic all the more alluring. Dominique Sanda with her thumbs in her pockets and a cigarette dangling out of her mouth is one of the primary images of the 70’s.