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In Roman Polanski s absurd comedy, Nancy, a young American woman (Sydne Rome), is traveling by herself in Italy. After inadvertently hitching a ride with three would-be rapists, she flees and arrives at the home of aging millionaire Joseph Noblart (Hugh Griffith), who lives in a huge mansion by the sea full of eccentric and decidedly lascivious houseguests. Here she is invited to a fish fry by two British Ping-Pong enthusiasts, her leg is painted blue by an overzealous workman, and her clothes are stolen by a strange little man with a harpoon (Polanski himself). Ever curious and astonishingly open-minded, Nancy records each incident in a diary she carries with her at all times and is in constant danger of losing to one of the mansion s nosy inhabitants. The high point of her visit is her encounter with the decadent Alex (Marcello Mastroianni), a onetime pimp whose favorite pastimes include dressing up as a tiger and having attractive women tame him with a whip. Offbeat, bawdy, and Fellini-esque, DIARY OF FORBIDDEN DREAMS is a relatively lighthearted film, especially considering it constitutes the follow-up to Polanski s violent adaptation of MACBETH and would be succeeded by the dark neo-noir drama CHINATOWN.
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In this erotic comedy from famed director Roman Polanski, Sydne Rome stars as a very sexy and quite bewildered young hitchhiker. As the film opens, she has just escaped the clutches of three would be rapists only to find her way to a seaside villa. Things are, as she discovers, very strange at the villa. She is given a room and, within moments of undressing she is under the peeping eye of a hedonistic pervert, played with bravado by Marcello Mastroianni. She soon encounters the rest of the occupants of the mansion, all are completely anomalous and each tries to persuade into a sexual encounter. Throughout her entire erotic adventure, she carries a diary under her arm and writes curiously impersonal and un-erotic entries.
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Sydne Rome wuchs in besten Verhältnissen in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, auf. Ihr Vater war Präsident einer Kunststoffmanufaktur. Bereits mit 18 Jahren drehte Sydne Rome ihren ersten Film. Schon kurz danach zog es die Schauspielerin nach Italien, wo sie auch heute noch lebt. 1973 heiratete sie Emilio Lari. In den siebziger Jahren gehörten die Filme Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo, Reigen und Was?
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This French political melodrama deals with the conflict between the political ambitions of Julien (Alain Delon) and his love for his mistress, fashion-model Creezy (Sydne Rome). Based on the novel Creezy, which won the "Prix de Goncourt" in 1969, it tells of Julien's schemes to win a ministerial post. He spends his time meeting with his mentor's widow (Jeanne Moreau), who has now become Julien's political advisor, fantasizing about Creezy, working to placate his radical son, and suffering pangs of conscience about his wife, now confined to a mental institution. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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A French melodrama with political undertones, Creezy shares its name with the beautiful fashion model (Sydne Rome) who has stolen the heart of a rising politician (Alain Delon). Plagued by guilt over the affair, he must choose between his wife and career or the woman he loves. With Jeanne Moreau. In French with English subtitles. France/Italy, 1974, 90 mins.
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Born in Akron, Rome grew up in a wealthy family in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Her father was president of a very successful Akron area plastics corporation. She started her career as early as 1969 in the British movie Some Girls Do. She then appeared in a series of Italian films, often playing the young, seemingly innocent American abroad, and ... in some spaghetti westerns. Subsequently she also made forays into the German film and television market.
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