Immoral Women (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1979 · 109 mins · French

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Directed by

Walerian Borowczyk

Starring

France Rumilly, François Guétary, Jean Martinelli, Noël Simsolo, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro

The film unfolds in three episodic tales. The first, starring Marina Pierro, is set in Renaissance Rome and follows a constantly nude heroine who becomes the lover of celebrated painters and powerful church patrons. The second, notorious for its poster of a rabbit slipping beneath a teenage girl’s skirt (Gaëlle Legrand), heightens the film’s erotic notoriety. The final, brief segment transports to contemporary Paris, where a newly‑wed woman (Pascale Christophe) is seized on a bustling street by a petty crook concealed in a cardboard box.