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Directed by Lina WertmüllerOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about religion,
Films about psychiatry,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Giancarlo Giannini,
Fernando Rey,
Shirley Stoler,
Roberto Herlitzka,
Aldo Valletti,
Massimo VanniRating76%
The picaresque story follows its protagonist, Pasqualino (Giannini) who, as a dandy and small-time hood in Naples, to save the family honour, is sent to prison for killing a pimp (and then dissecting the victim and placing the body in suitcases) who had turned Pasqualino's sister into a prostitute. Convicted and sent to prison, Pasqualino succeeds in being transferred to a psychiatric ward. Desperate to get out, he volunteers for the Italian Army, but then somewhere in Germany he deserts with a comrade. They are captured and sent to a concentration camp. There, in a bid to save his own life, Pasqualino decides to survive by providing sexual favors to the obese and ugly female commandant (Stoler). His plan succeeds, except for the fact that he is then put in charge of the barracks as a kapo, and is obliged to select six men to be killed under the threat that if he doesn't do so, they will all be killed. Pasqualino ends up executing the soldier with whom he was captured and being responsible for the death of another fellow prisoner, a Spanish anarchist. At the war's end, upon his return to Naples, Pasqualino discovers that his seven sisters, his fiancée and even his mother have all survived through prostitution., 1h26
Directed by Kazuhiko YamaguchiOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Martial arts,
Action,
Crime,
Martial artsThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Etsuko Shihomi,
Sonny ChibaRating64%
When Lee Long (Hiroshi Miyauchi), a shorinji kempo champion and Hong Kong drug agent, goes missing during an investigation into the activities of a dummy corporation called Central Export, his sister, Tina (Sue Shiomi), is called in to continue the investigation in his place. On her way to Club Mandarin, she visits her uncle (Harry Kondo), who operates a restaurant, and her cousins Jerry (Tatsuya Nanjo) and Remi (Nami Tachibana). At Club Mandarin, she receives a red rose, the signal to look for Lee's partner in the investigation, Fanny Singer (Xiè Xiù-Róng). When assassins for Central Export abduct Fanny, Tina takes them on singlehandedly, but they manage to capture Fanny and load her in their car, which is then hijacked by shorinji kempo student Sonny Hibachi (Sonny Chiba), who proceeds to transport her to the ballet studio operated by his girlfriend, Shinobu Kojo (Sanae Ohori)., 1h35
Directed by Peter SasdyOrigin United-kingdomGenres Thriller,
HorrorActors Joan Collins,
Ralph Bates,
Eileen Atkins,
Donald Pleasence,
Hilary Mason,
Caroline MunroRating41%
Lucy (Collins) is working as a dancer in a sleazy strip joint. Her stage act includes a routine with a dwarf named Hercules (George Claydon). One night after the show, she invites Hercules into her dressing-room for a drink. He declines the drink but starts to rub Lucy's neck and shoulders. Lucy feels uncomfortable but tries to pretend nothing is happening, until Hercules makes a sudden lunge for her breasts, causing her to scream out in shock. This alerts the stage manager Tommy (John Steiner), who rushes into the dressing-room and sends Hercules unceremoniously on his way, then proceeds to make love to Lucy. Later as Lucy leaves the club she is confronted by the spurned and humiliated Hercules, who curses her with the words "You will have a baby., 1h30
Directed by Jesús FrancoOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Erotic,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
LGBT-related films,
Witches in film,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Pamela Stanford,
Guy Delorme,
Howard Vernon,
Jacqueline Laurent,
Jacqueline Laurent,
Jesús FrancoRating54%
Patrick, un homme d'affaires, prend sa femme Marianne et sa fille Linda en vacances. Lorna, une amie de Patrick, se présente le jour du 18e anniversaire de Linda et prend possession diaboliquement de l'âme et sexuellement du corps de la jeune fille.