Adelaide (1968)

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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Drama
Release: 1969-04-27
Director: Jean-Daniel Simon
Writers: Jean-Pierre Petrolacci , Jean-Daniel Simon , Joseph-Arthur de Gobineau
Language: French
Stars: Ingrid Thulin , Jean Sorel , Sylvie Fennec , Jacques Portet , Faith Brook , Jean-Pierre Bernard , Joëlle Bernard , Robert Higgins , Eve Mylonas , Christine Simon
Runtime: 92 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Depraved (United Kingdom) , Adélaïde , Fino a farti male (Italy) , The Depraved (United States of America) , Tre (Denmark) , Adelaide (United States of America) , Adélaïde (France, French Republic) , Adelaide
Plot: The theme of mother-daughter rivalry is stretched to ludicrous extremes in this overdone, morbid French melodrama. A recently widowed mother (Ingrid Thulin) marries her young lover (Jean Sorel), whom she shares with her daughter Adelaide (Sylvie Fennee), and the psychotic trio set off to destroy themselves. A series of sick sexual games leads up to the final gunshots. The story contains little insight into human relations, develops pointlessly and seldom intensifies. The characters' somewhat obscure emotions fail to advance notions of truth or tragedy. What it does reflect is an unfortunate scenario of perversion for perversion sake.
IMDB:tt0062638