Private Collections (1979)

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 43 min
GenresDrama Fantasy
FilmmakersRole
Walerian Borowczyk Director
Just Jaeckin Director
Shûji Terayama Director
Walerian Borowczyk Writer
Kyôka Izumi Writer
Rio Kishida Writer
Jean-Michel Ribes Writer
Shûji Terayama Writer
Guy de Maupassant Writer
Pierre Braunberger Producer
Pierre Bachelet Composer
Carlo Rustichelli Composer
J.A. Seazer Composer
Robert Fraisse Cinematographer
Tatsuo Suzuki Cinematographer
Noël Véry Cinematographer
Michèle Amsellem Editor
Khadicha Bariha Editor
Michèle Boëhm Editor
Tomoyo Oshima Editor
CastRole
Roland Blanche
Laura Gemser
Catherine Gandois
Marpessa Djian