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The Coming of Sin (1978)
Directed by José Ramón Larraz
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A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous relationship develops between them.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Patricia Granada | Lidia Zuazo | Rafael Machado | Lea Candle | Daisy Jules | Claude Bellot | Montserrat Julió | Patricia Lorne | Enrique Montserrat | David Thomson
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/06/2023 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Like WHIRLPOOL and VAMPYRES, this movie has an ominous, fateful undercurrent and you just know that things aren’t going to end well. You just don’t know for whom things aren’t going to end well.
There’s plenty of nudity, of both the male and female variety, but for the most part the sex scenes are less titillating and more uneasy, whether that’s because of the excellent, sparse score or the nature of the act itself. In one scene, the drunken widow is tied to a bed and raped for instance.
You have to do some reading between the lines here as there are some dreamlike sequences, and then the mirror version shows up in reality, which was a little confusing at first. A brief interlude at a fortuneteller’s home clears up some of that and kind of sets the course of events. From there it’s just a matter of time.
For a moody, erotic thriller, there isn’t much violence. When it comes though, it’s fast and brutal.
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