118 mins |
Rated
R18
Directed by Liliana Cavani
Starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Leroy, Giuseppe Addobbati, Charlotte Rampling
The Closing Night film of Academy Cinemas 'Dangerous Desires' Film Festival on March 25 - April 09.
In this unsettling, controversial drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Operatic and disturbing, THE NIGHT PORTER deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
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The Closing Night film of Academy Cinemas 'Dangerous Desires' Film Festival on March 25 - April 09.
In this unsettling, controversial drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Operatic and disturbing, THE NIGHT PORTER deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.