The Escapees

1982 [FRENCH]

Adventure / Drama / Horror

6
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 580 580

eroticism erotic movie erotic

Plot summary

On the run from an asylum for the insane, two girls embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers.

Director

Jean Rollin Photo
Jean Rollin

Top cast

Brigitte Lahaie Photo
Brigitte Lahaie as Femme couple bourgeois
Jean-Louis Fortuit Photo
Jean-Louis Fortuit
Jean Rollin Photo
Jean Rollin as Un client au Vénus club
Natalie Perrey Photo
Natalie Perrey
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
981.66 MB
1280*768
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 1
1.78 GB
1800*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by oraklon 6 / 10

Comercially doomed Rollin flick

Although there is no horror and only a bit little sleaze and violence (courtesy of Brigitte Lahie no less) this is an unmistakable Jean Rollin film - nobody else could, or even wants to make films his way. Two girls, one rebellious and the other one almost catatonic, run away from a borstal-like psychiatric clinic, meets a butch pickpocket-girl, some black strippers and a bunch of sailors and ends up in various adventures. This almost plot less, commercially doomed movie, equally pretentious as it is naive, was bound to make 95% of its audience either laugh or leave their seats, but for a Rollin fan there are some beautiful shots to be found. The figure skating scene was incredible and so was some of the shots at the junkyard. I also liked the sad ending. Not among his best but an interesting footnote in his filmography... for a Rollin fan that is, all others beware! The most shocking thing about this film for me is that there is no...*gulp*... beach scene! What happened, Jean? A few years back you couldn't even shoot a cheap porno without a trip to the beach?
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 6 / 10

Gorgeous

Reviewed by unbrokenmetal 6 / 10

The sun, the light, Marie

Marie and Michelle are escaping from a lunatic asylum. Michelle is a tough girl who knows how to survive on the road, but the extremely shy Marie desperately clings to her until Michelle gives in and promises help. The two get into a lot of trouble which puts their friendship to a test.Rollin's lost movie, and lost for a good reason, as the director told in several interviews (one on the British DVD, for example): it was simply so poor no distributor bought it. The director blames this mostly on the scriptwriter. The producer had hired someone to keep the director from continuing with his usual vampire mystery stuff, and that kind of co-operation against each other couldn't work. However, "The Escapees" has enough magic moments to be worth watching. Especially when people stop talking such as in the ending, or when Marie skates on the ice, imagining she is admired by a crowd, but only Michelle is secretly watching her.
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