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Based on Jean Ray novel, MALPERTUIS is a movie directed by Harry Kümel in 1971. The picture was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jan comes back to Malpertuis, a strange house belonging to his uncle Orson Welles. Welles dies and bequeaths equally his fortune to all the occupants of Malpertuis on one condition : nobody will ever leave the house.
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- why do we stay in the haunted house?
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/medium wavy
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Greek
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Earth setting:
- 19th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Misc settings
- mental hospital
- mansion
- bar/restaurant
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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