Justine de Sade
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| Starring | Alice Arno (as Justin) Yves Arcanel (as Dom Sévérino) | |
| Directed by | Claude Pierson | |
| Written by | Marquis de Sade | |
| Adapted by | Huguette Boisvert | |
| Country | France | |
| IMDB Info | 0067283 on IMDb | |
Justine is a poor serving girl who tries to maintain her virtue and her standards. Unfortunately, she is victimized by everyone she encounters. She is sent to jail by an early employer because she refuses to steal. In another scene, the man she saves from a gang of outlaws rapes her. Once again she is victimized by a sodomitical pair when she won't help them kill one of their aunts. Finally, just as she is about to find some real help, lightning strikes.
Some traits of the character played by Alice Arno are inspired from Saint Therese de Lisieux, hence the name Justine/Thérèse.
Legend Jess Franco had previously tackled De Sade's Justine in the late 60s starring the beautiful but dull Romina Power. It was one of his less successful movies, only really worth watching to see Jack Palance ham it up outrageously as a perverted monk. This version by Claude Pierson is much better. The Franco connection continues as Alice Arno who plays Justine (a.k.a. Therese) will be familiar to anyone who has seen Franco's 'Eugenie De Sade', where she plays a photo model murdered by Paul Muller and Soledad Miranda in a memorable sequence. Arno to me doesn't look as sweet and innocent as she should to convincingly play Justine, but she has a hot body and spends most of the movie in various states of undress. Justine is a virginal character who gets passed around from one lecher to another in a series of humiliations, rapes, and tortures. The movie isn't hardcore but is still surprisingly explicit and nasty, so be warned. Personally not being a sadist myself I'm baffled at De Sade's obsessions, especially his fetish with buttocks(!) but that doesn't stop this from being one of the most watchable De Sade adaptations. If you want to see what that "saucy" troublemaker in 'Quills' (an extremely dishonest movie in my opinion) was REALLY all about watch this and you might think a bit differently about him!
See also [ Top 25 BDSM Movies ]
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Justine_de_Sade ]
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