namely and the cinematography be gorgeous and the act either overblown or wooden and the dialog absurd and and the story well and the writer should be pat on the head and send back to school and with the script post proudly on the refrigerator . what i like represent a i say and the camera work be marvelous and delphine seyrig do a marvelous job a the vampire who wear her heart on her sleeve and and her secretary and play by andrea rau and be beautiful and with perhaps the best actual acting in the film . there plenty of sensual nudity and tastefully do . however and the story leave many thread dangle and the dialog leave u wonder why the character be act a they be and and the editing be typical for european art film . a my daughter say at one point and okay the car be drive past the pillar we get it already . the pacing be slow . no and really it slow . for most of the movie and you can run out to the kitchen to grab a snack without miss anything of import it will give you something to do while youre wait . the story involve several red herring the protagonist ambiguous relationship with his mother and whom he intend to spend his honeymoon with and look to be one of those mystery that we will understand in the final reel and but after a very mysterious telephone conversation ( in which we learn that mother be male ) and it leave to dangle . the concierge and the retired policeman clearly remember the countess from her visit and 20 year earlier but that never flesh out and either . the newlywed husband snap and beat his bride with a belt and but his motivation be never clear be he a sadist and be he in need of anger management training ( and what be he angry about . ) and or be he just desperate for something to happen . the wife leave and but be stop at train side by the countess . apparently and by be remarkably pushy while try to look vulnerable work in 1971 perhaps i should have try that at the single bar . the end sequence be awful the countess be be drive through a wooded road at night and urge the other survivor from the hotel to drive faster and faster so they will get to their destination before daylight and while distract them with love chat and fondling . suddenly and the sun be well overhead amazing and how fast it rise in that part of the world . the crash be almost a relief . how the sole survivor actually survive this give u one more mystery to contemplate . however and this be an art film and not a hollywood production it much more about mood than story or realistic people . in this light and it work . be i more fond of arty film and i would perhaps have rat this high .