Goto is an island which, through a series of natural disasters, was cut off from the rest of the world in the late 1800s. Its inhabitants toil in stone quarries and relax in the state-run brothels. There in no art, no science, no prosperity, but everyone is happy to swear allegiance to their sadistic ruler, Goto III. At a public execution, Goto’s wife, Glossia saves the life of a condemned man, Grozo, whom Goto pardons and adopts as his personal fly killer. From the day that Grozo takes up his new office, the island of Goto will never be the same again…
Director: Walerian Borowczyk. AKA Goto, Island of Love.
Writers: Walerian Borowczyk, Dominique Duvergé.
Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Bercher, Michel Charrel, Raoul Darblay, Rudy Lenoir, Colette Régis, Michel Thomass, Ari Arcadi, Guy Bonnafoux, André Cassan, Hubert Lassiat, Allain Marco, Noël Mickely, Percival Russel, Pascale Brouillard, Steve Kalfa, Guy Saint-Jean, René Dary, Alain Noël, Paul Pallardy, Canari, Robert Capia, Maritin, Pierre Collet.
Cinematographer: Guy Durban.
Marvellous addition to the rarefilmm collection! Splendid early Borowczyk!
Beautifully made piece of work.