
The Virgin's Bed
Drama · Fantasy · Comedy
Overview
30 year old child enters the new city, riding on a donkey. He says he is the Savior. He has spent no time among men. He is trembling with cold. His clothes are soaked. His mother was overprotective ; his father conspicuously absent. He knows that he must face the mockery, refusal, ignorance and blindness of the men around him. They travel in gangs, in large numbers : soldiers, mercenaries or the like, on majestic, imposing horses. Everything is out of proportion to his thin, bewildered, innocent body ; he is the madman of the new city...
Top Cast


Zouzou
Zouzou
Marie / Marie Magdalène
Zouzou
Marie / Marie Magdalène


Pierre Clémenti
Pierre Clémenti
Jesus
Pierre Clémenti
Jesus


Tina Aumont
Tina Aumont
Prisoner
Tina Aumont
Prisoner


Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel
Apostle
Philippe Garrel
Apostle


Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Horseman
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Horseman


Valérie Lagrange
Valérie Lagrange
Valérie Lagrange
Pierre-Richard Bré
Pierre-Richard Bré
Pierre-Richard Bré


Babette Lamy
Babette Lamy
Babette Lamy
Didier Léon
Didier Léon
Didier Léon
Jaime Semprun
Jaime Semprun
Prisoner
Jaime Semprun
Prisoner
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