Based on the 1921 novel by French author Radiguet, which influenced the 1947 Autant-Lara film LE DIABLE AU CORPS, this Bellocchio-directed film caused something of a scandal among European audiences with a short but graphic oral-sex scene. Orion Classics decided to release the picture to
US art houses with an MPAA rating of X. The story, which bears only a slight resemblance to the novel, centers on the romance between the gorgeous Detmers and her teenage admirer, Pitzalis. Although Detmers is engaged to marry an imprisoned ex-terrorist (De Torrebruna), she is soon trying to
seduce Pitzalis. When her fiancee is released, she is caught between the two and opts to sk...
Released:
1986
Rated:
X
Length:
110 mins