Immoral Women

Immoral Women (Les héroïnes du mal) is a 1979 French erotic drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk, written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré.

Synopsis
The film is divided into three self-contained episodes, set in different time periods and featuring female protagonists whose names all start with letter M as in the word mal (evil) and who commit crimes of passion.
 * "Margherita", the ambitious mistress of the painter Raphael. Rome, 1520. This episode contains unsimulated sex between Margherita and Tomaso.
 * "Marceline", the desirous adolescent daughter of a bourgeois family. Fin de siècle France.
 * "Marie", the clever wife of a wealthy gallery owner. Modern day Paris.

Cast

 * Marina Pierro as Margherita Luti
 * Gaëlle Legrand as Marceline Caïn
 * Pascale Christophe as Marie
 * François Guétary as Raphael Sanzio
 * Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Bini
 * Jean Martinelli as Pope
 * Pierre Benedetti as Mad Painter
 * Philippe Desboeuf as Doctor
 * Noël Simsolo as Julio Romano
 * Roger Lefrere	as Michelangelo
 * Gérard Falconetti as Tomaso
 * Hassane Fall as Petrus
 * France Rumilly as Madame Cain
 * Yves Gourvil as Cain
 * Lisbeth Arno as Floka
 * Gérard Ismaël	as Antoine
 * Henri Piégay as Husband
 * Mathieu Rivollier
 * Robert Capia
 * Daniel Marty
 * Jacky Baudet
 * Sylvain Ramsamy
 * Jean Boullu
 * Françoise Quéré
 * Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
 * Bernard Hiard

Soundtrack
The score was composed by Philippe d'Aram and Olivier Dassault.

Release
The film premiered on 7 March 1979 in a cinema release.