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Forbidden Paris (1970)
Directed by Jean-Louis van Belle
Documentary · 1h 30m
Paris interdit follows the pattern of the Italian mondo style documentaries which began in 1962 with MONDO CANE. The film jumps from one strange scenario to the next, including a woman who goes publicly nude on a bet, a family man wearing an anti-radiation suit in fear of the end of the world, a orgy-indulging cult with a kissing fetish, a role-reversal wedding of performing transvestites, a middle-aged man who gives striptease lessons to housewives, a self-absorbed loner who believes he’s a vampire, a ritualistic funeral procession involving the burning of a mannequin, a mass swimming pool baptism, etc. Probably the most fascinatingly grotesque bit, which at the same time is strangely touching, is when a woman has her beloved deceased medium sized dog stuffed by a pipe-smoking taxidermist (shown in graphic detail) and installed with an electronic barking device!
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Louis van Belle
- Writer
- Jean-Louis van Belle
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Grévin
- Producer
- Charles Van der Haeghen, Marcel Jauniaux
Details
- Original title
- Paris interdit
- Release date
- 1970-06-05
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium
- Production
- Productions Jauniaux, Cinévision