Cinematheque ends for 2008 with...Blanche
France/1970/Colour/92mins/16mm/NFVLS Dir: Walerian Borowczyck.
Set in 13th century France, this dark Arthurian tragedy is centred on Blanche, the beautiful young wife of an ageing baron, who falls prey to the lusts of three men: her stepson, the king, and his page. Borowczyk's initial interest in recreating the period and depicting courtly intrigue is gradually replaced by his characteristic cold, flat formalism - instead of fleshing out his main character, Borowczyk turns Blanche into an automaton. Yet despite its almost inhuman cruelty, the film achieves a kind of tragic catharsis. Based on the novel Mazepa by Juliusz Slowacki. In French w/ English subs.
Read more about Borowczyck here.
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