Bertrand Mandico
1971 (53 года)
Boro in the Box
Bertrand Mandico
Elina Löwensohn, Norbert Brondeau
From its epic conception to its film death, the fantasized and fictitious portrait of the film-maker Walerian Borowczyk : Boro-in-the-box discovers a cruel and obscene world, crosses commonplace and colorful adventures, from Poland to Paris, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet primer.
Boro in the Box
The Wild Boys
Bertrand Mandico
Pauline Lorillard, Vimala Pons
Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
The Wild Boys
Notre-Dame des Hormones
Bertrand Mandico
Nathalie Richard, Michel Lebayon
Two actresses rehearse a play during a week-end in a country house. But one of them digs up a strange thing from earth while walking in the woods. A creature the size of a seal, without any holes nor members. The mass of flesh and skin, covered with hair, breathes loudly. The creature becomes an object of lust for both women. The relationship between the two actresses becomes tense. Both women are desperate to own the thing. This leads to a series of burlesque and violent situations. The two actresses have no idea that they have unearthed "Notre-Dame des Hormones"
Our Lady of Hormones
Il dit qu'il est mort...
Bertrand Mandico
Yekaterina Golubeva, Augustin Legrand
Hoisted by his rope, a hanged man is lifted up through the branches of a tree. While he is in the middle of his ascent toward the heavens and death, the woman who’d accused him of a crime clears him of it. He gently comes back to life, lying in a field, gazing at everything around him.
He Says He's Dead
The Return of Tragedy
Bertrand Mandico
David Patrick Kelly, Juliana Francis Kelly
Two policemen interrupt a secret ceremony: a woman being disembowelled at the bottom of a garden to let out her inner beauty. This situation is presented in a variety of ways and all possibilities are explored.
The Return of Tragedy
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Bertrand Mandico
Elina Löwensohn, Vilhelmina Magnusdottir
The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Ultra pulpe
Bertrand Mandico
Pauline Jacquard, Elina Löwensohn
An abandoned seaside resort. The shooting for a fantasy film about the end of an era wraps up. Two women, both members of the film crew, one an actrice, the other a director, Apocalypse and Joy, are on the verge of concluding their love affair.
Apocalypse After
Y a-t-il une vierge encore vivante ?
Bertrand Mandico
Elina Löwensohn, Eva Maloisel
According to an English legend, Joan of Arc never died at the stake. Her eyes were seared with hot pokers and she was deflowered by an English stud. She was then sentenced to wander on the battlefields, like a vulture, on the look-out for life and searching for any virgins left alive.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Prehistoric Cabaret
Bertrand Mandico
Elina Löwensohn, Katrín Ólafsdóttir
In Arnarstapi (Iceland), during a cabaret number, a mistress of ceremonies proposes to us a journey into the center of her organs to go and meet the original being. During the journey, the public enters into a trance to reach the ecstasy.
Prehistoric Cabaret
