Tag: moral complexity

  • PERMISSIVE (NSFW)

    PERMISSIVE (NSFW)

    “Permissive” is a gritty and downbeat British drama from 1970, directed by Lindsay Shonteff and written by Suzanne Mercer, one of the few female screenwriters active in the late 1960s counterculture film scene. Set against the backdrop of London’s early 1970s rock culture, the film offers an unflinching, melancholic look at groupie culture, moral disillusionment,…

  • LE PROFESSEUR aka LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE aka INDIAN SUMMER

    LE PROFESSEUR aka LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE aka INDIAN SUMMER

    “Le Professeur” aka “Indian Summer” is a 1972 film directed by Valerio Zurlini. The story follows Daniele Dominici, played by Alain Delon, a disillusioned, gambling-prone poetry professor. He takes a temporary teaching position in the coastal town of Rimini, working as a substitute teacher at a high school for about four months. Daniele is emotionally…