Diary Of Forbidden Dreams

This haphazard fantasy is of interest chiefly to devotees of Roman Polanski and, even more so, of Gerard Brach, his longtime screenwriting collaborator. An attempt at broad comedy, this is the story of The Girl, an American hippie (Rome) who wanders into the decadent environment of a seaside villa after nearly being raped while hitchhiking. She is given a room and, within moments, begins undressing under the peeping eye of Mastroianni, a former pimp, possible homosexual, and probable impotent pervert who defiantly insists he does not have any venereal diseases. Things are, at the very least, strange in the villa. One inhabitant constantly groans in his room; some m...