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Bookmark this pageSweet Movie (1974)
Director: Dusan Makavejev
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From Time Out Film Guide
Potentially one of the most scandalous films ever made - except that it has been little seen outside France and has not aged well. Seemingly completely episodic, the 'plot' follows the adventures of a beauty queen (Laure), a certified virgin who escapes a disastrous honeymoon with the richest man in the world to join a group of carefree sensualists. The latter are the once-notorious Otto Muehl troupe, who delight in pissing and shitting as a public spectacle. This is cross-cut with the journey of the good ship SS Survival (which sports Karl Marx for a masthead) on the Seine. Laure herself sought legal suppression of certain shots which, in their blanked out form, ironically suggest even more sexual activity on her part. Sadly, this highly idiosyncratic melange of sex and politics, for all its liberating pretensions, only served to put Makavejev's career back a good few steps.Author: DT
Cast & crew
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Producer: Vincent Malle
Cast: Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal, Sami Frey, Jane Mallet, Marpessa Dawn, Roy Callender, John Vernon full cast
Duration: 99 mins
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