Black Moon (1975)

Director:

Louis Malle

Writers:

Louis Malle (written by)
Joyce Buñuel (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

24 September 1975 (France)

Genre:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi | War

Tagline:

An apocalyptic Alice in Wonderland!

Plot:

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality...

Plot Keywords:

Piano | Unicorn | Paranoid | Feral Child | Breasts

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Cathryn Harrison	...	Lily
Therese Giehse	...	Old Lady (as Thérèse Giehse)
Alexandra Stewart	...	Sister Lily
Joe Dallesandro	...	Brother Lily

Runtime:

France:100 min | France:95 min

Country:

France | West Germany

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (bw) | Brazil:16

Company:

Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Quotes:

The old woman: [talking to someone over the radio] The girl? She just lost her bloomers and now she's eating the cheese.
[listens]
The old woman: Of course there was Christmas cheese!

Soundtrack:

Tristan und Isolde

Very Much Malle's Most Peculiar Film Project

"Black Moon" is a surreal, bizarre post-apocalyptic fantasy, not the kind of movie you expect to see from French director Louis Malle. It's a sort of 'Alice in Wonderland' with very weird sensibilities. Honestly, I didn't understand what was the point of the film. It's allegoric to a fault. Once the premise is established, the story hardly moves. The main character is very passive too. However, the film is filled with many strange scenes that provoke both puzzlement and disgust. It's like lite Luis Bunuel, if you know what I mean. It was photographed by the great Sven Nykvist, so I don't have to tell you that the film looks great. It does have this hypnotic quality that forces you to keep watching even though not much happens. Very odd indeed.