The Forbidden Bacchanal (1981)
- Original title
- Het verboden bacchanaal
- Directed by
- Wim Verstappen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of Dutch intellectuals gather for a dinner party where tensions and hidden desires slowly surface. The film follows their interactions over the course of an evening as old grudges and repressed emotions come to a head.
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What happens
Het verboden bacchanaal is een Nederlandse film uit 1981 van Wim Verstappen met in de hoofdrollen Geert de Jong, Pleuni Touw, Bram van der Vlugt en Rijk de Gooyer. Het scenario voor de film is gebaseerd op het boek Het verboden bacchanaal van Simon Vestdijk uit 1969. De film heeft als internationale titel The Forbidden Bacchanal. De kritiek was in 1981 slecht te spreken over de film die overigens ook flopte in de bioscopen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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