1974 | 1 hour 38 minutes | Directed by Dušan Makavejev
Starring Carole Laure, Pierre Clementi, Anna Prucnal
Sweet Movie is an avant-garde surrealist comedy-drama film written and directed by Yugoslavian director Dušan Makavejev. And while you can simply describe it being a movie about two women finding their way to bodily and mental liberation, there’s nothing simple about the actual things it shows. So, we first meet Miss Canada after winning the “most virgin” title and marrying a milk tycoon as her prize. Then we meet Anna Planeta, piloting a boat full of candy and Karl Marx’s papier-mache bust on its prow through Amsterdam canals. It all seems quite innocent until you realize that this movie is, to this day, banned in many countries for explicit views of various fetishes and taboo sexual practices. If you do decide to watch it, don’t do so while you’re eating.