Kanashimi no Beradona / Belladonna of Sadness
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto.
Year of release: 1973
Animators: Gisaboru Sugii, Shinichi Tsuji, Yasuo Maeda.
Writers: Eiichi Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Fukuda.
Format: DVD5
Language: Japanese (w/ english and russian subs)
This well-crafted Japanese animated feature adapts the novel Belladonna by Jules Michelet in a unique manner. The story concerns a love affair, taking place in the Middle Ages, shadowed by witch-trials and the Inquisition. The actual moments of the story are shown in more-or-less still tableaux, but the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters are fully animated.
Reviews: tezuka in english, pelleas, Esotika Erotica Psychotica
Ignore the genre I've put above, this is a full on art-house movie, lot's of still images (think Midori), utter psychedelia at times, slow moving story. Not for everyone!
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6 comments:
saw a review on another blog a couple of years ago
got really syked to see it
"out-of-print" in the USA
eventually forgot all about it
until now
totally skyked again to see it
Is it me or this movie seems completely poetic and erotic?!?
Ave Khaos!
Thanks.
Bumped as requested.
wow this looks amazing too, i've sent you an email.
simple incredible
It is a great animated film, I watched recently with some friends, very good for its time.
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