La bête

Accuse Walerian Borowczyk of perpetrating a pervy male gaze, but never accuse him of repressing anything.

It's ridiculous; it's tacky; it's pretentious - but it's touched with something comically sublime.

More charming than arousing, and solemnly silly.

The director's meticulous work - the delightfully baroque music, for example - gives the erotic and dream sequences an undeniable artistic value. [Full review in Spanish]