(215) MASK OF THE MEDUSA (2010) Jean Rollin's Last Film
5089DVD
original French title LE MASQUE DE LA MEDUSA: DRAMA
EN DEUX ACTES
[The Mask of the Medusa: A Film in Two Acts]
director:
Jean Rollin
starring:
Simone Rollin
· Bernard Charnacé
· Sabine Lenoël
· Marlène Delcambre
· Delphine
Montoban
In modern day France, the Gorgon
still lives. During a psychic battle with her two sisters, Medusa had
been victorious. However, they stole her memory. She eventually faces
them in the Grand Guignol Theater for a second [and potentially more dangerous]
confrontation.
This
one stars Jean Rollin's wife Simone in a brave, arguably embarrassing
role as the wandering Medusa. The film would become his last movie as
Jean Rollin died from cancer a few months later [December 2010] at age
72.
Marlène
Delcambre and Delphine Montoban (as Stheno and Cornelius) are Rollin's
most memorable 'twins' since Catherine and Marie-Pierre Castel in LIPS
OF BLOOD, thirty-five years earlier.
A
French film with optional English subtitles;
widescreen format, uncut (75 min.),
in DVD format, encoded for ALL REGIONS, playable on any American DVD machine.
Extras include Behind the Scenes/Making Of.
Nudity,
Violence, Sexual Situations
for Mature Audiences
In modern day France, the Gorgon
still lives. During a psychic battle with her two sisters, Medusa had
been victorious. However, they stole her memory. She eventually faces
them in the Grand Guignol Theater for a second [and potentially more dangerous]
confrontation.
