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WITCHES' SABBATH (1988) with Beatrice Dalle! Uncut Print

$WITCHES\' SABBATH (1988) with Beatrice Dalle! Uncut Print$

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March Bellocchio's Legendary Inquisition Tale - Uncut! with Beatrice Dalle

Original Italian title: LA VISIONE DEL SABBA [The Witches' Sabbath]

director: Marco Bellocchio
starring: Beatrice Dalle · Daniel Ezralow · Corinne Touzet · Jacques Weber · Omero Antonutti

A young beautiful woman named Maddalena has been accused of attempted murder. She is imprisoned in a mental hospital due to her claim of being a witch from the 17th century. She says that she's been waiting centuries for the man worthy of her virginity. Maddalena's case is given to a young psychiatrist who soon becomes infatuated with her world of pagan pleasures. He begins to ignore his own wife Cristina as he becomes engulfed in Maddalena's sado-erotic landscape. The Inquisition and its horrors become an intricate part of the witches' ritual.

Considered a World Class Director and a member of the board at the Cannes Film Festival, Marco Bellocchio tackles difficult ideas and manages to intellectually simplify them. While this film can (and perhaps should) be viewed as a horror movie (containing many of the usual trappings and plot devices), the metaphor of witchery can also be appreciated as a description of the sexual influence (and thus, power) that women exert on men. Mr Bellocchio, born in 1939, is still active in cinema today. His output, however, has understandably slowed to only one project every two-three years.

An Italian production with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), totally uncut version (92 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include trailers.

Violence/Sexual Themes/Nudity/S&M/Inquisition Tortures/Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences

$19.95