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Bookmark this pageLe Vice et la Vertu (1963)
Director: Roger Vadim
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From Time Out Film Guide
De Sade was all over the publicity for this film, but is excluded from its credits. Nevertheless, it's Justine and Juliette updated to 1944-45. Justine (Deneuve), churchgoing, loyal to her fiancé in the Resistance, is forcibly consigned to an SS brothel in the Tyrol. Meanwhile her sister Juliette (Girardot) is infatuated with a Gestapo brute who lets her sit in on his torture sessions. Only the cast makes this worth a look. The sex contrives to be both tame and vulgar, and Vadim's fancy lighting effects - dimming out the set in mid-scene and putting a spot on the characters - just looks silly. What with this and Pasolini's odious Salò, it's clear that Sade and WWII are subjects best treated separately.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Roger Vadim
Producer: Alain Poiré
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Annie Girardot, Robert Hossein, OE Hasse, Philippe Lemaire, Luciana Paluzzi, Paul Gégauff full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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