Frustration (1971)
(Frustrated Woman)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: José Bénazéraf
Cast: Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine, Elisabeth Tessier
Synopsis:
A woman who lives as virtual housekeeper for her sister and doctor brother-in-law in a remote château goes slowly mad from sexual frustration, indulging in fantasies of sexual depravity, and ultimately stabbing her sister and killing herself.
Review:
Strangely potent blend of psychological horror and erotic tableaux, filmed with considerable technique on a tiny budget and with a skeleton crew. Visually it is reminiscent of Belle de Jour or a Chabrol thriller, and as in the former the boundary between fantasy and reality is unclear. There are also traces in the screenplay of the director's political preoccupations, with characters watching the news or engaging in discussion of France and Britain's conservative régimes.
(Frustrated Woman)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: José Bénazéraf
Cast: Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine, Elisabeth Tessier
Synopsis:
A woman who lives as virtual housekeeper for her sister and doctor brother-in-law in a remote château goes slowly mad from sexual frustration, indulging in fantasies of sexual depravity, and ultimately stabbing her sister and killing herself.
Review:
Strangely potent blend of psychological horror and erotic tableaux, filmed with considerable technique on a tiny budget and with a skeleton crew. Visually it is reminiscent of Belle de Jour or a Chabrol thriller, and as in the former the boundary between fantasy and reality is unclear. There are also traces in the screenplay of the director's political preoccupations, with characters watching the news or engaging in discussion of France and Britain's conservative régimes.
(Frustrated Woman)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: José Bénazéraf
Cast: Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine, Elisabeth Tessier
Synopsis:
A woman who lives as virtual housekeeper for her sister and doctor brother-in-law in a remote château goes slowly mad from sexual frustration, indulging in fantasies of sexual depravity, and ultimately stabbing her sister and killing herself.
Review:
Strangely potent blend of psychological horror and erotic tableaux, filmed with considerable technique on a tiny budget and with a skeleton crew. Visually it is reminiscent of Belle de Jour or a Chabrol thriller, and as in the former the boundary between fantasy and reality is unclear. There are also traces in the screenplay of the director's political preoccupations, with characters watching the news or engaging in discussion of France and Britain's conservative régimes.