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...Court of Appeals, which labeled the film "obscene," would have us believe A certain openness marks the film, such that we see sex as just another part of the main character's life. But an unpleasant scene involving scabies treatment may indeed be going too far, and director Vilgot Sioman at times seems to be laughing at the comical nature of the film: Lena, the lead, moves in five minutes from meditating topless, to threatening someone with a shotgun, to conjugal bliss in the fields of the lord. Half the time one finds oneself crying "What is happening?" as social...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Screening the FORBIDDEN at the HFA | 10/26/1995 | See Source »

Writer-director Vilgot Sioman chose the Big Three issues-Class, God, Sex. And sticks with them. Sjoman cuts to poor people working in the snow if some rich people are riding along in a comfortable coach. A character sitting down alone immediately asks himself how vindictive God Almighty is, while a character at a party asks his unlucky neighbor. In between social conflicts and religious questioning, Sjoman schedules bed scenes. These appear in extraordinary variety. In fact, the movie is practically a documentary on sexual adventure. It presents innocent flirtation, premarital seduction, ordinary sordid whoring, passionate incest...

Author: By Joel Demott, | Title: 'My Sister, My Love' | 4/27/1967 | See Source »

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