Private Collections (1979)
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?
- Released
- 1979-06-27
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Walerian Borowczyk, Just Jaeckin, Shūji Terayama, Rio Kishida
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 38 votes
Cast
- Roland Blanche as (segment "L'île aux sirènes")
- Marie-Catherine Conti as (segment "L'armoire")
- Marpessa Dawn as a siren
- Laura Gemser as (segment "L'île aux sirènes")
- Jūzō Itami as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
- Hiromi Kawai as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
- Yves-Marie Maurin as the customer (segment "L'armoire")
- Hiroshi Mikami as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
- Keiko Niitaka as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
- Takeshi Wakamatsu as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")