''Perversion'' (also released as ''Perversão'' and ''Estupro!'') is a 1979 Brazilian exploitation film directed by

José Mojica Marins José Mojica Marins (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé d ...

. Marins is also known by his

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Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe).

Plot

Vitório Palestrina is a playboy millionaire who passes his days sleeping with, abusing, and discarding women in a small village. After seducing a young woman named Silvia, he brutally

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s her, biting off one of her

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s in the process. He keeps the nipple in a glass case as a

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. When his actions become public knowledge, he is actually admired for what he has done, while his victim is ostracized and tormented by the townspeople. Palestrina is acquitted of rape on the grounds of insufficient evidence and laughs at the victim when the judge gives the verdict. He commemorates his triumph with a party at which he proudly displays the severed nipple to his guests. Palestrina continues to seduce other young women until he develops a passion for Veronica, a beautiful young medical student who is not as susceptible to his charm. To obtain Veronica's love and loyalty, Palestrina must endure a more traditional courtship: Veronica requires him to proclaim love and propose marriage before she relents. When he finally does, Veronica allows Palestrina to consummate their affair with a long, passionate episode of lovemaking. As he settles into a peaceful post coital state, Veronica calmly reaches into her purse and removes a surgical knife with which she

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s him. She then has flashbacks which reveal that Veronica is Silvia's sister. Naked and covered in blood, Veronica slowly bandages Palestrina's wounds and says, "You promised me everything. I accepted." All the while, she envisions future times of bliss with her beloved sister.

Cast

as Vittorio Palestrina *Arlete Moreira as Veronica *Ricardo Petráglia *Nadia Destro *Elza Leonetti *Diva Medrek *Jaime Cortez *Mara Prado

References

External links

Official film site
* {{José Mojica Marins 1979 films 1979 horror films Brazilian horror films Films directed by José Mojica Marins 1970s Portuguese-language films