IMMORAL TALES

Four erotic stories revolving around taboos—virginity, female masturbation, bloodlust, and incest—take place, each one delving further back in time. Spanning humanity’s history, the tales cover Italian noblewoman Lucrezia Borgia, Hungarian serial killer Erzsébet Báthory, and present-day teenagers.

Borowczyk’s first sin? By some critical accounts, this film is when Boro went too far with his soft-core, erotic provocations, leaving behind “art” in favor of exploitation. That didn’t stop it being a huge hit in France (surprise!), but with the result of dangerously damaging Boro’s reputation.