The Garden of Torment, a 1976 French film based on Octave Mirbeau’s 1899 novel.
Set in China in the 1920s, the warlord era.
Erotic, arty, provocative, disturbing and convincingly decadent. The main female character is both evil and weirdly sympathetic.
There’s definitely a strong de Sade influence here.
Very highly recommended.
My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-garden-of-torment-1976.html
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I bought a 500-page university press biography of the Marquis de Sade today at a used bookstore and when I took it out of the bag when I got home I went "Oh hell, what was I THINKING?" That one's gonna sit on the TBR for while methinks. :patcat: 😒 #UsedBooks #deSade
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