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1968 Certificate 15
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  • 60
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Absurd, erotic, and surreal, this is Borowczyk's first live-action film after he made his name as an animator. The island of Goto is ruled by the despotic King Goto III (Pierre Brasseur), who ensures his position by relegating his people to thankless jobs and issuing cruel and unusual punishments. When a criminal scheduled to .. Read more

Starring Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Ginette Leclerc, Rene Dary
Director Walerian Borowczyk
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Goto L'ile D'Amour

Absurd, erotic, and surreal, this is Borowczyk's first live-action film after he made his name as an animator. The island of Goto is ruled by the despotic King Goto III (Pierre Brasseur), who ensures his position by relegating his people to thankless jobs and issuing cruel and unusual punishments. When a criminal scheduled to fight in a death-match tells the king that his queen (LA JETEE's Ligia Branice, Borowczyk's wife) is having an affair, Goto's response ends his reign, as well as several lives.

Starring Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Ginette Leclerc, Rene Dary
Director Walerian Borowczyk
Studio NOUVEAUX PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: French
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 25 May 2009
Production year: 1968
Format DVD

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  • GOTO may've presaged the Quays' INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA in style and Gilliam's BRAZIL in thrust

    • Village Voice
    • Posted 08 Apr 2009

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  • Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Daffy

    If you like inconsequentiality for its own sake then this could well be the film for you. I found myself becoming irritated with its mix of surrealism, film-noir, fairy tale and burlesque - it seemed a film determined to carry on to the end but uncertain of what the end was or why anyone would want to go there. It could also do with a lot of editing - it might have made a better one-hour filler.

      • Leni from London
      • Posted 24 Jul 2009 07:17

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      • Absurd, erotic, and surreal, this is Borowczyk's first live-action film after he made his name as an animator. The island of Goto is ruled by the despotic King Goto III (Pierre Brasseur), who ensures ...