Marpessa Dawn

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?

Мамаша мультимиллионера выбирает на телеконкурсе идеальную девственницу для своего сыночка, не составившую, однако, счастья ни ему, ни себе. В то же время по водам символизма плывет задрипанный буксир с головой Маркса на носу и с опьяненной революционной борьбой хиппующей девицей на борту, к которой вскоре присоединяется сексуально озабоченный матрос с «Потемкина»…

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.

В Рио наступило время ежегодного карнавала. В это время можно без всяких ограничений и самоконтроля предаваться веселью, музыке и танцам. Орфей работает кондуктором трамвая, играет на гитаре. Орфей помолвлен с Мирой. Мира весьма экзотическая женщина, она каждый день живёт так, как на карнавале. Но Орфео должен любить Эвридику — девушку, только что приехавшую в Рио навестить свою кузину Серафину. Она была вынуждена уехать из родного городка, скрываясь от преследований таинственного незнакомца, но он приехал вслед за ней.

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)