Film

Private Collections

1979 · 1h 43m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

5.2

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?

Roland Blanche

(segment "L'île aux sirènes")

Marie-Catherine Conti

(segment "L'armoire")

Marpessa Dawn

a siren

Laura Gemser

(segment "L'île aux sirènes")

Jūzō Itami

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Hiromi Kawai

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Yves-Marie Maurin

the customer (segment "L'armoire")

Hiroshi Mikami

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Keiko Niitaka

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Takeshi Wakamatsu

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

• Walerian BorowczykDirector · Writer
• Just JaeckinDirector
• Shūji TerayamaDirector · Screenplay
• Rio KishidaScreenplay
• Guy de MaupassantWriter
• Jean-Michel RibesWriter
• Pierre BraunbergerExecutive Producer
• Robert FraisseDirector of Photography
• Tatsuo SuzukiDirector of Photography
• Noël VéryDirector of Photography

"Private Collections" (1979) Movie Trailer

Release date

June 27, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Genres

Drama, Romance