“Here lies
Pierre MOLINIER
born on 13 April 1900 died around 1950
he was a man without morals
he was proud of it and gloried in it
No need to pray for him.”Satan bouche un coin (Jean-Pierre Bouyxou + Raphaël Marongiu, 1968)
Oct
10
In an autoerotic display, Androgyne (Pierre Molinier) fondles a woman (Janine Delannoy) wearing one of his masks that echoes Molinier's deceased sister (via). DPs: Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Raphaël Marongiu & Loïc Picard.
A [favourite] color [horror] film*
– Pierre Molinier, mock-epitaph (via, NSFW as goes without saying)
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for October is horror-themed as opposed to date-based, and is all about favourites. Expect non-horror and films I believe to be relevant instead.
france
– You expect me to eat that? – Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)
Oct
10
Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.
“Blood of Christ. Demon. A curse upon this man. A curse that he will never forget me. Blood of my body. Until the grave. A curse that he will never forget me.” Il demonio [The Demon] (Brunello Rondi, 1963)
Oct
6
exorcism
While several men hold her down, Purif (Daliah Lavi) sticks out her tongue to the crucifix held up to her. DP: Carlo Bellero.
[A favourite] exorcism film*
– Purificazione
When a rejected young woman puts a curse on her heart's desire, the locals see nothing less than witchcraft. It is decided that Purif must be possessed, and exorcised.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for October is horror-themed as opposed to date-based, and is all about favourites. Expect non-horror and films I believe to be relevant instead.
Calle Santa Fe (Carmen Castillo, 2007)
Oct
5
Miguel Enriquez holding Carmen Castillo in a family snapshot. DPs: Ned Burgess, Sebastián Moreno, Raphaël O'Byrne & Arnaldo Rodríguez.
Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)
Oct
3
Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.
La plage 23 septembre 1971 + 18° (Paul-Armand Gette, 1971)
Sep
23
1971
A filmstrip with three stills. The first one is a shot from above. We seen a young woman's thighs in a short skirt. She's kneeling down in the sand. Someone's hand hovers above one of her knees. The both wear matching leather jackets. Still two and three are merely identical; a young blond woman looking sideways. Behing her tall dune grass. Image source
“In all my years of practice, I've never seen anything so sweet. A rosebud.”Sweet Movie (Dušan Makavejev, 1974)
Sep
13
International Chocolate Day
The most virgin, Miss 1984 (Carole Laure), bathing in chocolate. DP: Pierre Lhomme.
Chocolate for International Chocolate Day (Milton S. Hershey's birthday)
– Dr. Mittelfinger
Miss Canada, winner of the “most virgin” contest, escapes her rich, milk tycoon husband into a world of anarchy, lust, and sugar.
Il pleut sur Santiago [Rain over Santiago] (Helvio Soto, 1975)
Sep
11
1973
Naicho Petrov as Chilean president Salvador Allende. DP: Georges Barsky .
Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)
Sep
10
Myriam Heller (Juliette Gréco) sharing a bed with Nyète, her cheetah. DP: Marcel Grignon.
Die Delegation – Eine utopische Reportage [The Delegation] (Rainer Erler, 1970)
Sep
9
0 h 20 GMT
Reporter Will Roczinski (Walter Kohut) picks up mysterieus signals through the ether (via). DP: Charly Steinberger.
We watch the final report by Will Roczinski, who sadly died in a car crash while working on a TV documentary about UFOs and the like. A fascinating early “faux footage” film from the BRD. One can only wonder how the average West German processed the fantastic premise.