Contes immoraux

The original version screened in 1974 was made up of five, not four episodes. Borowczyk removed one episode, 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan', and expanded it to feature length as La bête (1975). In 2010, a print of the original short film of 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan' was discovered in a French archive. The uncut version was shown at New Horizons Film Festival in Poland on 24th of July 2013, and subsequeny included on the 2014 Arrow Blu-ray release.

The film opens with this quote:

"L'amour, tout agréable qu'il est, plaìt encore plus par le maniéres dont il se montre que par lui-méme." La Rochefoucauld (Maximes)

As indicated in the trivia section, the original version screened in 1974 was made up of five, not four episodes, running at 2h 5m. Borowczyk removed one episode, 'The True Story of the Beast of Gevaudan / La Bête', and expanded it to feature length as La bête (1975). In 2010, a print of the original short film of 'La Bête' was discovered in a French archive. The uncut version was shown at New Horizons Film Festival in Poland on 24th of July 2013, and subsequently included on the 2014 Arrow Blu-ray release.

Edited into La bête (1975)