Sunday, July 8, 2018

Wheel of Ashes (1968)



Directed by Peter Goldman
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Rarefilmm)

Pierre Clementi meets Danish beauty Katinka Bo in a Paris nightclub and they begin a torrid love affair. However, Clementi can't shake his interest in eastern religion and its call to reject all worldly possessions. He retreats to a bare attic apartment with his books, but is plagued by sexual desire for Bo. This is the film that connects the New York Underground to the French New Wave. The streets of Paris are vividly captured in all of their late 60s ugliness, from the jazz clubs to the strip clubs. Clementi's internal struggle is just as vivid. An unforgettable experience for those willing to take the trip.

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