Walerian Borowczyk's anthology follow-up to his IMMORAL TALES features three stories set in different time periods. In Renaissance Italy, Margherita (stunning Borowczyk regular Marina Pierro) the baker's daughter uses sex for profit as the simultaneous lover of Vatican artist Raffaelo (François Guétary) and grotesque banker Bini. This first story is the longest and certainly the best. The other two pale in comparison. In Belle Epoque France, Marcelline's (Gaelle Legrand) parents resent her too-close relationship with her pet rabbit and plan a special dinner for her. Last (and certainly least), in modern Paris Marie (Pascale Christophe) is kidnapped and held for ransom and her husband would rather invest that money in an expensive painting. Luckily, Marie's amorous pet Doberman is on the scent.

While the final tale seems like a throwaway bit, the first two establish Borowczyk's position that it is not the women's sexuality that is immoral; rather it is how sex is used to achieve certain ends (money for Margherita, revenge for Marcelline). As such, the disc is worth the price for the first tale alone though some may find the second tale more enjoyable than myself.

Eric Cotenas