Isabelle Illiers Movies
- 1989
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Lucas, a computer genius facing an unnamed terminal illness that causes him to lose his memory, meets Blanche, a young woman who seems unable to break free of her vicious environment. The two plunge into a brief but intense affair, understanding that their days together are numbered. This a strangely poetic and powerful film that celebrates love's victory over death and suggests that sentiment has some currency even in a pragmatic world. ~ Yuri German, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sophie Marceau, Jacques Dutronc, (more)
- 1985
In this weakly plotted drama with abundant sex, Miranda (Serena Grandi) is a bulbous, overweight manager of a country pub and inn just outside of Venice. Miranda thinks she is a widow since her husband has been missing since World War II. To compensate for her widow's needs, she beds down a series of men ranging from a local trucker to a Consul. Sexual encounters take place often and anywhere (from the precincts of a urinal to the muddy back woods), with various numbers of people involved. Eventually, Miranda ends up with the most unlikely suitor. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Serena Grandi, Andy J. Forest, (more)
- 1984
This enjoyable parody of classic fairytales about kingdoms and despotic kings is set in the year 1000 and stars Italy's Ugo Tognazzi in top form as Bertoldo, a crafty peasant who has to outwit the king (not necessarily a difficult job) and others in order to stay afloat and alive. Joining him for awhile is Fra Cipolla (Alberto Sordi), a fake priest out to fleece his flock whenever the opportunity presents itself. Among the many comic episodes in the film is one in which Fra Cipolla and Bertoldo, and little Bertoldino (Bertoldo's son) hide some gold coins in a donkey's stomach and then sell the beast -- now with a certain amount of indigestion -- to a peasant family who are amazed at the end results. The king condemns Bertoldo to death by hanging for this trickery, but at the same time -- and much to his undoing -- he agrees to let Bertoldo choose the tree. That is not an easy task. Months later, Bertoldo arrives back at the king's castle carrying a little potted plant, the tree of his choice, requesting that they let it grow. The talents of Sordi, Tognazzi, and Lello Arena as the put-upon king, carry the full two hours of this royal spoof. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ugo Tognazzi, Maurizio Nichetti, (more)
- 1981
Klaus Kinski stars in this stylishly bizarre erotic drama as Sir Stephen, a decadent man of wealth living in Hong Kong in 1920. Sir Stephen persuades his wife O (Isabelle Illiers) to go to work in a brothel as a way to prove her love for him. As she is confronted by any number of perverse sexual possibilities, Sir Stephen carries on an affair with Natalie (Arielle Dombasle) and supports the political revolution simmering in the Pearl of the Orient. Les Fruits de la Passion was based on a novel by Pauline Reage (aka Dominique Aury), who also wrote the erotic classic Histoire d'O; the film was released in some territories under the title The Story of "O" Continued. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, (more)
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