The Virgin's Bed
6.2
30 year old child enters the new city, riding on a donkey. He says he is the Savior. He has spent no time among men. He is trembling with cold. His clothes are soaked. His mother was overprotective ; his father conspicuously absent. He knows that he must face the mockery, refusal, ignorance and blindness of the men around him. They travel in gangs, in large numbers : soldiers, mercenaries or the like, on majestic, imposing horses. Everything is out of proportion to his thin, bewildered, innocent body ; he is the madman of the new city...
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Zouzou
Marie / Marie Magdalène
Known for
Love in the Afternoon
The Last Woman
Pierre Clémenti
Jesus
Known for
Belle de Jour
Pigsty
Tina Aumont
Prisoner
Known for
Fellini's Casanova
Torso
Philippe Garrel
Apostle
Also in
The Inner Scar
Emergency Kisses
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Horseman
Known for
Weekend
Confidentially Yours
Valérie Lagrange
Known for
A Man and a Woman
Up to His Ears
Pierre-Richard Bré
Also in
Fun and Games for Everyone
Babette Lamy
Also in
Noroît (Une Vengeance)
Crush Proof
Didier Léon
Also in
Marie for Memory
L'Amour fou
Jaime Semprun
Prisoner
No other roles listed
Margareth Clémenti
Tortured woman
Known for
Medea
Arabian Nights
Nicole Laguigner
Also in
Marie for Memory
The Revolution Is Only a Beginning. Let's Continue Fighting.
Philippe Garrel Director · Michel Fournier Cinematographer
United States release February 26, 1971 · Produced in France · Original title Le Lit de la Vierge
Production
Zanzibar Productions
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Lit de la Vierge
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 14, 1969
Premiere · Quinzaine des réalisateurs, Cannes Film Festival
United States · February 26, 1971
Premiere · Pacific Film Archive
Germany
February 13, 2007 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
September 1, 2019 · Digital
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