Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)
Original title: Glissements progressifs du plaisir
Successive Slidings of Pleasure is a 1974 French-language mystery movie directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, with a running time of 1h 42m. It stars Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot and Michael Lonsdale.
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Where to watch Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Stream: Kino Film Collection
Cast
- Anicée Alvina as Alice/The Prisoner
- Olga Georges-Picot as Nora/The Lawyer
- Michael Lonsdale as The Judge
- Marianne Eggerickx as Claudia
- Isabelle Huppert as The Student
- Maxence Mailfort as The Client
- Claude Marcault as Soeur Julia
- Nathalie Zeiger as Soeur Maria
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as The Police Commissioner
- Hubert Niogret as The Photographer (uncredited)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet as Un Passant dans la Rue (uncredited)
- Catherine Robbe-Grillet as Une Soeur dans la Rue (uncredited)