Immoral Women (French: Les héroïnes du mal) is a 1979 French erotic drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk, written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré.
Contents
Synopsis
The film is divided into three self-contained episodes, set in different time periods and featuring female protagonists whose names all start with letter M as in the word mal (evil) and who commit crimes of passion.
"Margherita", the ambitious mistress of the painter Raphael. Rome, 1520. This episode contains simulated sex between Margherita and Tomaso, the latter played by Gérard Falconetti, grandson of actress Maria Falconetti.
"Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de siècle France.
"Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.
Cast
Marina Pierro as Margherita Luti
Gaëlle Legrand as Marceline Caïn
Pascale Christophe as Marie
François Guétary as Raphael Sanzio
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini
Jean Martinelli as Pope
Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter
Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor
Noël Simsolo as Julio Romano
Roger Lefrere as Michelangelo
Gérard Falconetti as Tomaso
Hassane Fall as Petrus
France Rumilly as Madame Cain
Yves Gourvil as Cain
Lisbeth Arno as Floka
Gérard Ismaël as Antoine
Henri Piégay as Husband
Mathieu Rivollier
Robert Capia
Daniel Marty
Jacky Baudet
Sylvain Ramsamy
Jean Boullu
Françoise Quéré
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Bernard Hiard
Soundtrack
The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and Olivier Dassault.
Release
The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.