Perversion (film)

Infobox Film
name = Perversion


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Jose Mojica Marins
producer = José Mojica Marins
Melquíades
writer = Jose Mojica Marins
Crounel Martins
starring = Jose Mojica Marins
Arlete Moreira
music = Oscar Marcil
cinematography = Giorgio Attili
editing = Nilcemar Leyart
distributor =
released = 1979
runtime = 100 min
country = BRA
language = Portuguese
budget =
preceded_by = "A Deusa de Mármore"
followed_by = "Mundo-mercado do Sexo"
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0077517

"Perversion" (original title "Perversão") is a fy|1979 Brazilian exploitation film directed by José Mojica Marins. It has also been released as "Estupro!" "(Rape!)" in Brazil.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077517/|title="Estupro!" on IMDb|publisher=IMDb|language=English|accessdate=2008-06-17]

Plot

Vitório Palestrina is a playboy millionaire who passes his days sleeping with, abusing and discarding the local women in a small village. After seducing a young woman, Silvia, he brutally rapes her, biting off one of her nipples in the process. He keeps the nipple in a glass case as a sort of trophy. When his actions become public knowledge, he is actually admired for what he has done, while his victim is ostracized and tormented by the townspeople.

Palestrina is acquitted of rape on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and laughs at the victim when the judge gives the verdict. He commemorates his triumph with a party at which he proudly displays the severed nipple to his guests. Palestrina continues to seduce other young women until he develops a passion for Veronica, a beautiful young medical student who is not as susceptible to his charm.

To obtain Veronica's love and loyalty, Palestrina must endure a more traditional courtship: Veronica requires him to proclaim love and propose marriage before she relents. When he finally does, Veronica allows Palestrina to consummate their affair with a long, passionate episode of lovemaking. As he settles into a peaceful post coital state, Veronica calmly reaches into her purse and removes a surgical knife with which she castrates him. She then has flashbacks which reveal that Veronica is Silvia's sister.

Naked and covered in blood, Veronica slowly bandages Palestrina's wounds and says, "You promised me everything. I accepted." All the while, she envisions future times of bliss with her beloved sister.

Cast

*José Mojica Marins as Vittorio Palestrina

*Arlete Moreira as Veronica

*Ricardo Petráglia

*Nadia Destro

*Elza Leonetti

*Diva Medrek

*Jaime Cortez

*Mara Prado

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0077517|title=Estupro
*imdb name|id=0596261|name=José Mojica Marins
*"Perversão" at [http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/cinema/24_perversao_estupro.htm Official Zé do Caixão site] pt icon
* [http://www.offscreen.com/biblio/phile/essays/mojica_marins/ In-depth interview with José Mojica Marins on offscreen.com]