Lonely Old Men and Drugged Young Virgins
di Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times
Not even the august presence of Maximilian Schell can dispel the odor of fusty smut that clings to “House of the Sleeping Beauties,” a clammy meditation on sex, death and the endless fascination of unclothed innocence.
This third film adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's morbid novella stars Vadim Glowna (who also writes and directs) as Edmond, a wealthy sexagenarian haunted by the long-ago deaths of his wife and daughter. [...]
di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1441 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 14 Novembre 2008