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Fruits of Passion
Fruits of Passion
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FRUITS OF PASSION

Les fruits de la passion

Directed by Shûji Terayama
France, Japan, 1981
Drama, Cult, Erotica

Synopsis

A girl (Isabelle Illiers) loves an older man (Klaus Kinski). He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. As she is confronted by any number of perverse sexual possibilities, he carries on an affair with Natalie (Arielle Dombasle). Based on a novel by Dominique Aury.

Synopsis

A girl (Isabelle Illiers) loves an older man (Klaus Kinski). He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. As she is confronted by any number of perverse sexual possibilities, he carries on an affair with Natalie (Arielle Dombasle). Based on a novel by Dominique Aury.

Our take

Japanese avant-garde filmmaker Shūji Terayama is known for his visually striking and highly provocative works, from which Fruits of Passion is one of the most controversial. Presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in 1981, this is a sexually abrasive and disturbingly powerful tale.