'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971)
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Genres: Drama
Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
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Release Date: November 1973(USA)
Country: Italy
Clips courtsey of: Thanks to original artist.
Synopsis
In an amoral home, where a man lives in sin with a woman, his daughter and his son fall in love, and have incestuous relations even after the young woman marrys. Her husband will seek revenge, and a gory end will unite all in classic tragedy - death. (Based on John Ford's play, "Pity she's a whore", respecting its poetic text, and careful Italian Renaissance settings.)
Review
'Tis Pity She's a Whore' is the story of a passionate and romantic love
between brother and sister Giovanni (Oliver Tobias) and Annabella
(Charlotte Rampling), and the ensuing havoc when, pregnant, she marries
an arrogant nobleman (Fabio Testi). Writer/director Giuseppe Patroni
Griffi freely adapted his screenplay from John Ford's Jacobean tragedy.
His film is highly personal and exquisitely conceived, with a radiant
cast. Released in 1971, it has been available here only in a
frustratingly truncated, coarsely edited, 91-minute, full-screen VHS
version dubbed in English.
With some effort it can now be found in a 100-minute, wide-screen DVD
version in Italian, with optional Japanese subtitles – but no English.
If you know and love this film as I do, you won't care. You will revel
in the sheer beauty of its design, photography, and cast (including
Antonio Falsi as Giovanni's friend and confessor). Illustrative of
writer/director Griffi's vision and eye is his creation of such a
ravishing ensemble. All simply exude youthful animal magnetism and
appeal.
The violence is typical of a tragedy of this period with subjects like
incest, blasphemy, obsession, and revenge. Suffice it to say, the 17th
Century was not a time when such things were taken lightly! But there
are many moments of great poetry as well. Allegory and symbolism abound
and, as Oliver Tobias (a major British sex symbol) never looked so
extraordinary, Maestro Griffi unabashedly exploits the actor's
resemblance to a suffering Christ throughout his gorgeous, breathtaking
film.
Nudity overview
Celebrity Name: Charlotte Rampling
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Timestamp:
Running time:00:01:28
Clip download link: Media:CharlotteRampling-TisPityShesAWhore-01.avi
File Size: 19.8 MB
Size(height x width): 432x320
Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 1881 kb/s
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Celebrity Name: Charlotte Rampling
Nudity type:
Timestamp:
Running time:00:00:58
Clip download link: Media:CharlotteRampling-TisPityShesAWhore-02.avi
File Size: 13.1 MB
Size(height x width): 432x320
Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 1889 kb/s
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