Movie: Boro in the Box

Top 10 Billed Cast

Elina Löwensohn
Elina Löwensohn

Walerian Borowczyk (voice)

Norbert Brondeau
Norbert Brondeau

The Bathtub Man

Laure Lapeyre
Laure Lapeyre

Olga

Thierry Benoiton
Thierry Benoiton

Jerzy

Jacques Malnou
Jacques Malnou

Grandfather

Elise Hote
Elise Hote

Emilia

Benoît Serre
Benoît Serre

Man on the Train

Audrey Le Corre
Audrey Le Corre

The Muse

Mikaela Fisher
Mikaela Fisher

Ligia

Michel Lisowski
Michel Lisowski

Polish Man (voice)

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    From its epic conception to its film death, the fantasized and fictitious portrait of the film-maker Walerian Borowczyk : Boro-in-the-box discovers a cruel and obscene world, crosses commonplace and colorful adventures, from Poland to Paris, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet primer.

  • Release Date

    2014-07-02

  • Average

    6.833

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français

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