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Back at school, a senior detective arrives to question each further and they become really frightened. Suspecting that the detective knows what they have done, they plan a suicide pact, convinced they will go to Hell and be rewarded by Satan for their service. At a school concert attended by all the
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Anne de Boissy and Lore
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One night, a motorist runs out of fuel near the château. The girls invite him in, offer him alcohol, strip to their underclothes, and begin to entice him. When the man attempts to rape Lore, Anne saves her by bludgeoning him to death and the two dispose of the body in the lake. The girls are among
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The theme, extremely daring in itself, has been exploited to the full and gives rise to a work that the
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addressed the film's controversial content, but added that, "artistically, it's beautifully done, with just the right touch of fantasy, and, as things go in the cinema these days, it's not only moral in conclusion but, I think, generally inoffensive." Critic
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praised the lead performances in the film, though he noted that its pacing "becomes a little too repetitive. Some of the necessary subtlety is clearly beyond . But as a first film it is at least provoking and original."
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It also went unreleased theatrically in the United States. The film's controversy was utilized in its
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before being released theatrically in the United
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parents, every performance gets loud applause, including Anne and Lore who recite a dark poem by
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directed by Joël Séria, in his directorial debut, and starring
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from the church, the girls prepare an abandoned chapel for a
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833:pp. Preface
670:Film Threat
661:Film Threat
359:as motorist
224:101 minutes
87:Produced by
71:Directed by
865:1971 films
859:Categories
785:Daily Mail
533:References
479:Home media
410:Production
371:as almoner
332:Baudelaire
316:Black Mass
207:1972-01-07
192:1971-04-05
152:Production
96:Joël Séria
82:Joël Séria
79:Written by
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607:Unifrance
312:vestments
279:of 1954.
154:companies
133:Edited by
57:Literally
808:Archived
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616:Archived
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502:See also
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365:as Émile
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320:Satan
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