Shock Treatment (1972)
(Traitement de choc)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: Eastmancolor 95m
Director: Alain Jessua
Cast: Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Robert Hirsch, Anna Gaylor
Synopsis:
A woman approaching middle age enrols at a rejuvenation clinic for the well-heeled and finds the handsome doctor to be processing his immigrant staff to obtain the necessary drug.
Review:
Risibly sensationalist horror-thriller with sexy trimmings and pretensions to socio-political satire: narcissism of the wealthy wanting to stay young, exploitation of social or colonial inferiors, the prioritisation of the physical in human relationships - take your pick.
(Traitement de choc)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: Eastmancolor 95m
Director: Alain Jessua
Cast: Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Robert Hirsch, Anna Gaylor
Synopsis:
A woman approaching middle age enrols at a rejuvenation clinic for the well-heeled and finds the handsome doctor to be processing his immigrant staff to obtain the necessary drug.
Review:
Risibly sensationalist horror-thriller with sexy trimmings and pretensions to socio-political satire: narcissism of the wealthy wanting to stay young, exploitation of social or colonial inferiors, the prioritisation of the physical in human relationships - take your pick.
(Traitement de choc)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: Eastmancolor 95m
Director: Alain Jessua
Cast: Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Robert Hirsch, Anna Gaylor
Synopsis:
A woman approaching middle age enrols at a rejuvenation clinic for the well-heeled and finds the handsome doctor to be processing his immigrant staff to obtain the necessary drug.
Review:
Risibly sensationalist horror-thriller with sexy trimmings and pretensions to socio-political satire: narcissism of the wealthy wanting to stay young, exploitation of social or colonial inferiors, the prioritisation of the physical in human relationships - take your pick.