Independent filmmaker Carmelo Bene makes his debut in this feature that concerns the murder of the Saracens in the city of Otranto centuries ago. Our Lady appears at various time in the film, symbolic of the carnal desires and spiritual dreams of all men. Flashbacks and avant garde cinematic techniques provide passages of erotica and black humor on occasion. The story was taken...$隐喻,疯癫片,花丛哺育拍摄的很棒。$very good, some little flaws but all in all it's a very amazing art movie$太神,68年是神马神仙年份能把这种神乎其神的片送上威尼斯评审团大奖。承上启下地启发寺山修司佐度洛夫斯基等等一大票70年代电影语言符号学拥趸?但是只怕都学了个皮毛吧。$三星半。从配乐到视觉再到肆意的表达都是典型Cult$35 mm à la cinémateque française