Bilitis Sensual Sinema #5

""

Nudity and purity, sensuality and innocence, grace and spontaneity. I try to harmonize them, and that's my secret and the reason for my success.- Filmmaker David Hamilton. Famous for his ethereal images of girls on the cusp of womanhood, iconic British photographer David Hamilton makes his controversial feature film debut with BILITIS. Set in the idyllic French countryside, the film sensually explores a young schoolgirl's awakening to intimacy, romance and love during her summer vacation. Boasting the filmmakers recognisable dreamy style, the Hamilton blur, accompanied by the tender music of Oscar winning composer Francis Lai, BILITIS was both celebrated as art and condemned as pornography. Is it an alluring erotic masterpiece that captured the romantic aesthetic of the time or a soft-core artsploitation picture (The Times)? Well let you decide. Umbrella Entertainment presents Hamilton's diaphanous images newly restored in High Definition from the original 35mm vault materials archived in France.

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: R18+
Release Date: 03 08 2022
Production Year: 1977
Run Time: 95
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Restricted To 18 And Over
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: David Hamilton

Actors: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Kristenson, Bernard Giraudeau, Gillis Kohler