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France 1968, “Goto, l’île d’amour” (original title), 89 min, colour & b&w, French dir Walerian Borowczyk sc Walerian Borowczyk, Dominique Duvergé cam Guy Durban ed Charles Bretoneiche mus Georg Friedrich Händel cast Pierre Brasseur, Guy Saint-Jean, Ligia Branice, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Ginette Leclerc, René Dary prod Louis Duchesne, René Thévenet pc Euro Images sales Argos Films aw Prix Georges Sadoul 1969

Grozo (Guy Saint-Jean), a petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilization by a tumultuous earthquake.

Amongst his menial tasks are cleaning the governor’s boots, attending to the dogs and catching flies. What keeps him going is the dream of possessing Glossia (Ligia Branice-Borowczyk), a stifled beauty trapped in a loveless marriage to the melancholic dictator (Pierre Brasseur).

Stunningly designed, Goto, Island of Love is a film in which bizarre props