La Marge (1976)
Tabatha Pasqua
The Margin (French: La Marge, also known as The Streetwalker and Emmanuelle 77) is a 1976 French erotic drama film written and directed by Walerian Borowczyk and starring Sylvia Kristel, Joe Dallesandro, André Falcon, Mireille Audibert and Denis Canuel. It is loosely based on the novel The Margin by André Pieyre de Mandiargues.
Special Guests: Jeremy Richey, Noël Véry, Michael Levy
Guest Co-Hosts: Daniel Bird, Samm Deighan
Also known as The Streetwalker, The Margin, and sometimes even as Emmanuel 77, La Marge film stars Joe Dallesandro as Sigismond, a loving husband who leaves his wife and child to head to Paris. While there he learns of the sudden, unexpected death of his aforementioned family and spends a few days living in fringes of society, spending most of his time with Diana, played by Sylvia Kristel, a prostitute. The 1976 film is one of several adaptations of André Pieyre de Mandiargues by director Walerian Borowczyk.
Samm Deighan and Daniel Bird school Mike in the work of Walerian Borowczyk with the help of Jeremy Richey (author of the upcoming Sylvia Kristel in the Seventies: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol), cinematographer and cameraman Noël Véry, and Walerian Borowczyk's assistant, Michael Levy.
Song for you del 1976, del duo pop francese Square, è un brano lento che tratteggia i momenti idilliaci della giovane coppia di sposi all'inizio della pellicola facendo da contrappunto sonoro a un erotismo inizialmente etereo, e risulta struggente quando funge da commento musicale alle parole scandite dalla voce fuori campo che annunciano la tragedia a Sigismond nel pre-finale
Great review. It's an excellent Walerian Borowczyk treat that is rather obscure and underrated and needs to be re-discovered.
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Marge Redmond was born on December 14, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), The Flying Nun (1967) and Family Plot (1976). She was married to Jack Weston. She died on February 10, 2020 in the USA.
Oral History Interview with Mary Price Adamson, April 19, 1976. Interview G-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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