| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Switzerland |
Universal Marion Corporation
Directed by Maximilian Schell
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, VCI Entertainment)
Schell's directorial debut is a meditation on young love between a 16-year-old boy and his beautiful neighbor who is 5 years older. A self-described "heartless flirt", she leads him on but never allows him more than a kiss. She revels in the attention of every man around her, indifferent to their age or marital status, so it isn't surprising to find out his father has been paying her nightly visits. Dominique Sanda is lovely to look at, after all she made a career out of getting naked in European art films, but hardly has anything else to do. The real attraction, though, is the cinematography of Sven Nykvist, moody, detailed, expressive as any of his greatest works, but the story fails to match it's creativity. Instead, we get love poetry spoken over images of pig butts.
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