This is a film of contrasts. The overarching theme of incredibly harsh dehumanizing sexuality is quickly evident and the film is relentlessly unflinching in depicting depravity. Prior to watching this film, I read Les 120 journées de Sodome ou l’école du libertinage by Marquis de Sade and had a good idea what to expect. What I wasn’t prepared for was the beauty that Tornio Delli Colli captured with his excellent cinematography.

For me, seeing the beautiful camera work exposing the continuing downward spiral as the subjects in this film stray further and further into the depths of sexual violence and cruelty is one of the great contrasts in film.