With the help of a lawyer, Sandra travels to reclaim her illegally occupied beach house. On the way, she gives a ride to a hippie couple that she ends up hiring as housekeepers. At the same time, word is spreading that a killer is on the loose in the area. Reichenbach said he made this film because he “has an interest in cinema, poetry, classical music, rock, rhythm, painting, the written text, jazz, politics, dance, pornography, the chanchada, adventure, mystery and horror genre, archaeology, Greek mythology, classical theatre, Brecht, Artaud, charade, anarchists and anarchichs…”.
Retrospective Carlos Reichenbach
The Empire of Desire
O Império do Desejo
Carlos Reichenbach
1980
/Brazil
/110’