Marpessa Dawn

Película compuesta por tres historias. En la primera, un náufrago llega a una isla paradisíaca y encuentra una mujer semidesnuda, juguetona y complaciente. En la segunda, un adolescente intenta recordar la letra de una canción de cuna, lo cual le conduce a fantasías sexuales y edípicas. En la tercera, un hombre rico en el París del siglo XIX contrata a una prostituta por una sola noche.

La ganadora del concurso Miss Virginidad Mundial se casa, se escapa de su marido masoquista y termina involucrada en un mundo de libertinaje.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white culture.

Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe (Sylvia Fennec) delight in throwing lavish costume balls. The couple develops a friendship with a young boy who delights in the parties thrown by the noble couple. Love soon blooms between the Countess and the boy as she searches for something more than a string of endless parties and social affairs. The masquerades are an attempt to freeze time and hold on to the nostalgia of a bygone era. For fear of losing her, the Count allows the Countess to continue her love affair.

The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.

Ambientación del mito griego en el carnaval de Río de Janeiro. La bella Eurídice visita la ciudad brasileña en vísperas de su famoso carnaval, invitada por una prima que vive en los arrabales. Hasta allí llega en un tranvía cuyo conductor, un guitarrista llamado Orfeo, queda prendado de sus encantos. Sin embargo su relación se verá empañada por las sospechas de su celosa novia.

A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)