The Iron Rose
1972 film by Jean Rollin
The Iron Rose (French: La rose de fer, also known as The Crystal Rose) is a 1973 French horror drama film directed by Jean Rollin, and starring Françoise Pascal, Hugues Quester, Nathalie Perrey, Mireille Dargent, and Michel Dalessalle. It was his first film not to feature vampires, a theme for which he was best known, but it still features all the dream-like qualities associated with his films.
Plot
A young woman and man meet at a wedding reception and arrange a date. They meet at a railway station and go for a picnic and bike ride. While cycling, they see the entrance of a lonely cemetery and decide to go inside.
Once inside the huge cemetery, the woman becomes anxious. The man calms her and persuades her to enter a crypt with him. A strange man watches the couple. The man and the woman make love in the crypt. A clown places some flowers on a nearby grave and leaves.
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