Private Collections

Private Collections

103 mins | Drama, Romance | June 27, 1979

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?

Private Collections

103 mins | Drama, Romance | June 27, 1979

Private Collections
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Toei Central Film, Les Films du Jeudi, FFF-French Movies
Original title Collections privées
Directors Shūji Terayama, Walerian Borowczyk, Just Jaeckin
Writers Rio Kishida, Izumi Kyōka, Shūji Terayama, Walerian Borowczyk, Jean-Michel Ribes, Guy de Maupassant

Cast

Roland Blanche

as (segment "L'île aux sirènes")

Marie-Catherine Conti

as (segment "L'armoire")

Marpessa Dawn

as a siren

Laura Gemser

as (segment "L'île aux sirènes")

Juzo Itami

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Hiromi Kawai

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Yves-Marie Maurin

as the customer (segment "L'armoire")

Hiroshi Mikami

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Keiko Niitaka

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Takeshi Wakamatsu

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")