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You need a plot, happy endings, or clear distinctions between good and evil.

Not for the casual viewer. If you seek soft-core titillation, the film’s slow, intellectual pace will frustrate you. If you are squeamish about blood or blasphemy, avoid the second half. However, if you admire the cold sensuality of Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut , the transgressive animation of Jan Švankmajer, or the paintings of Balthus, Immoral Tales is a lost treasure. immoral tales

Walerian Borowczyk, the Polish-born filmmaker often overshadowed by his contemporary Roman Polanski, crafted in Immoral Tales a work that defies easy categorization. Is it pornography? Art film? A surrealist essay on desire and power? The answer, frustratingly and brilliantly, is all of the above. The film’s title is a provocation, but also a promise: these are not mere sex scenes, but —morality tales told in reverse. You need a plot, happy endings, or clear