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Goto, l'île d'amour

  • 1969
  • 12
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Goto, l'île d'amour (1969)
Drama

On an isolated island ruled by a dictator, a petty thief rises through the ranks, becoming fly-catcher, dog-keeper, and boot polisher. Temptations arise, putting the islanders' fate in jeopa... Read allOn an isolated island ruled by a dictator, a petty thief rises through the ranks, becoming fly-catcher, dog-keeper, and boot polisher. Temptations arise, putting the islanders' fate in jeopardy and threatening to change the island forever.On an isolated island ruled by a dictator, a petty thief rises through the ranks, becoming fly-catcher, dog-keeper, and boot polisher. Temptations arise, putting the islanders' fate in jeopardy and threatening to change the island forever.

  • Director
    • Walerian Borowczyk
  • Writers
    • Walerian Borowczyk
    • Dominique Duvergé
  • Stars
    • Pierre Brasseur
    • Ligia Branice
    • Jean-Pierre Andréani
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1K
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    • Director
      • Walerian Borowczyk
    • Writers
      • Walerian Borowczyk
      • Dominique Duvergé
    • Stars
      • Pierre Brasseur
      • Ligia Branice
      • Jean-Pierre Andréani
    • 9User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Pierre Brasseur
    Pierre Brasseur
    • Le gouverneur-roi Goto III
    Ligia Branice
    Ligia Branice
    • Glossia
    Jean-Pierre Andréani
    • Le lieutenant Gono
    Ginette Leclerc
    Ginette Leclerc
    • Gonasta
    Fernand Bercher
    • L'instituteur
    Michel Charrel
    Michel Charrel
    • Grymp
    Pierre Collet
    Raoul Darblay
    • Le général Gwino
    Rudy Lenoir
    • Le juge d'instruction
    Maritin
    Colette Régis
    • La directrice de la maison close
    Michel Thomass
    • Gra
    Ari Arcadi
    • L'officier exécuteur de chiens
    Guy Bonnafoux
    • Gurto
    Canari
    Robert Capia
    André Cassan
    • Le médecin
    Hubert Lassiat
    • Le général aux lunettes
    • Director
      • Walerian Borowczyk
    • Writers
      • Walerian Borowczyk
      • Dominique Duvergé
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    8vjdino-37683

    The director, best known for his erotic works, should be rediscovered for these early works, useful for an all-round view of his cinema.

    This second feature (in '67 he directed the animated film Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal which followed short films, again with animation awarded throughout Europe), the first with actors, reveals his remarkable aesthetic skills (before his film career he had dedicated himself to the figurative arts). The use of degraded scenography enhanced by black and white photography, represent the right background for a stylized history of oppression (he will go into voluntary exile in France in strong controversy with the communist regime of his country) and desire that will lay the foundations for the stylistic elements of his future films. The director, best known for his erotic works, should be rediscovered for these early works, useful for an all-round view of his cinema.
    7t-dooley-69-386916

    First Film from Borowczyk and its not arty porn stuff

    This was the debut feature from infant terrible producer Walerian Borowczyk who went on to make such films as 'Blanche', 'Immoral Tales',and 'Behind Convent Walls' ' and became known for his use of sexual scenes or art house porn, which does not appear very much in this film.

    Set on an archipelago that has suffered a major natural disaster we find a community stuck in the past. They are cut off from the outside world they have stubbornly maintained the status quo.

    Their leader is Goto who has assumed Kingship by some constitutional necessity. He seems to look on his subjects as he does his pet Alsatian dogs and is married to the beautiful Glyssia played by Ligia Branice ('Blanche'). One of the forms of entertainment is the public fights, which take place on a ropey stage where talentless musicians torture home made instruments in a sort of 'end of pier show' and display of awfulness. These fights are punishment for all crimes whether theft or murder and the loser is executed.

    Grozo survives one such encounter and is spared. His reward is to be the royal boot polisher - keeper of the royal dogs and maker of fly traps. He lusts after Glyssia like a sixteen year old and his first crush. She however, has fallen for a dashing officer - and keeper of the royal horse - and they have decided to escape. Grozo though could teach Machiavelli a thing or two and soon his plan to gain power, which will lead to requite his lust, is in full motion.

    This is an Art-house film which is filmed in monochrome, but several parts are in Eastman colour for dramatic and stylistic effect, most of the camera angles are fixed - adding to the voyeuristic nature of the film. Walerian Borowczyk was developing his style here and he won't be to everyone's taste. Some could view this as self indulgent, cold and even dystopian and that is the whole point. The use of props, shots and scenarios are designed to craft a world that we are asked - not to accept - but to at least try to understand. It is that final part that makes him such an interesting director. This then is arty on purpose, quirky and far from run of the mill and for film historians is probably a must see.
    6tomgillespie2002

    A cold work of art deserving of rigorous study

    Polish-born, French-based filmmaker, animator and artist Walerian Borowczyk is mainly remembered for his erotic works such as The Beast and The Margin, and has been described as "a genius who also happened to be a pornographer." Before he dabbled in eroticism, he produced many animated shorts before his first feature-length piece, the wonderfully weird Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre. His first live-action film, Goto, Isle of Love, employed similar tactics to his hand-drawn experiments: a desolate island setting, limited camera movements, and frustratingly (yet fascinatingly) odd and unrelatable characters. The result is somewhat isolating, but often reminiscent of the surreal genius of Georges Franju, Luis Bunuel and Borowczyk's friend and sometime collaborator Chris Marker.

    Tidal inundation has seen the island of Goto cut off from the rest of Europe for three generations. It has seen three leaders since - Goto I, Goto II, and the current ruler Goto III (Pierre Brasseur) - and the monarchy rules as a dictatorship, 'protecting' the island from outside dangers and influences. There seems to be little to do on the island, so Goto keeps himself and his wife Glossia (Ligia Branice) entertained by staging fights between prisoners. Petty thief Grozo (Guy Saint-Jean) manages to survive his battle with a towering lug-head and wins the sympathy of Goto. Grozo's reward is a job building fly-catchers and showing off his work to a classroom of under-educated children. He also uncovers an affair between Glossia and handsome captain-of-the-guard Gono (Jean-Pierre Andreani), and grows bolder and more ambitious in his scheming as he seeks to claw himself up the social ladder.

    On an island populated by criminals, no-hopers and aristocrats, Glossia emerges as the only sympathetic character. Played by La Jetee's Ligia Branice, she longs to escape this grey, mundane world, her eyes shining with tears as she watches the boat she hoped to sail away on sank before her. With little to hold on to on an emotional level, Goto becomes an observational piece, a commentary on an isolated society with an obvious anti-dictatorship stance. This is a world so lacking in stimulation that the object which draws the most fascination is a cutting-edge fly-catcher stolen by Gozo and flogged as his own design. It's deliberately farcical but lacking in humour, with the world made even more soul-crushing by the stark black-and-white photography and Borowczyk's preference for limited camera movements. It's an interesting piece but one that will likely leave you feeling cold, but certainly a work of art deserving of rigorous study.

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    10kacperuzak

    Piece of art!

    The film had me completely engrossed I have never seen anything like it.
    Infofreak

    Very odd, even for Borowczyk!

    Walerian Borowczyk is rarely mentioned these days but back in the 1970s and 1980s he created quite a stir with arthouse/soft porn movies like 'Immoral Tales', 'Behind Convent Walls', 'Dr Jekyll and His Women', and especially his sensational 'The Beast', which is still quite unlike any movie you've ever seen, believe me! So I was very interested to be able to watch 'Goto', which I believe was his first full length feature. It doesn't have the sexual content you might expect (there is some very brief nudity, but that's it really), but it's still VERY odd, even for Borowczyk, and utterly fascinating. The story is set on the island of Goto, which after a natural disaster in the late 19th Century, has kept its society frozen in the past. Nothing much changes and everything is static and ritualized. This makes the plot reminiscent of Kafka and Mervyn Peake. Mentioning those two might give you SOME idea of what to expect, but it's a very difficult movie to categorize or describe. It's nowhere near as outrageous as some of Borowczyk's later and better known work, but if you treasure strange and unusual movies I highly recommend you track it down.

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      All the fly traps have been made by the director, Walerian Borowczyk himself.
    • Connections
      Featured in Love Express. Zaginiecie Waleriana Borowczyka (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Concerto No 11 opus 7
      Music by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Haendel)

      Performed by Marie-Claire Alain (organ) with Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard

      Conducted by Jean-François Paillard

      Edition Costallat (Disque Erato)

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1969 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Goto: Island of Love
    • Filming locations
      • Région parisienne, France(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Les Productions René Thévenet
      • Euro-Images
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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