Blanche

Blanche

1972 · 94 min · FR · 6.0 (31 votes)
Dir. Walerian Borowczyk · Starring Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin, Ligia Branice, Denise Péronne, Jean Gras
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Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

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A suffocatingly beautiful period piece where repressed desire festers in a medieval court. It's a slow, deliberate descent into obsession, where every glance and hushed word drips with unspoken longing and inevitable doom.

melancholicoppressivesensualtragicslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseerotic dramadesirepuritypowercorruption
middle ages (476-1453)
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