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movie

Released June 27, 1979
Overview
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?
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")

Jūzō Itami
as
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
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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")
Crew

Walerian Borowczyk
as
Director

Jean-Michel Ribes
as
Writer

Shūji Terayama
as
Director

Just Jaeckin
as
Director

Walerian Borowczyk
as
Writer

Guy de Maupassant
as
Writer

Tatsuo Suzuki
as
Director of Photography
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Khadicha Bariha
as
Editor
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Noël Véry
as
Director of Photography

Robert Fraisse
as
Director of Photography
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Pierre Braunberger
as
Executive Producer
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Michèle Boëhm
as
Editor