The movie opens with a pair of breasts. The opening shot is a bit startling but not unpleasant. The scene is revealed to be in a dungeon and some sort of punishment for the young woman’s breaking of the rules. She is surrounded by old women who look on dispassionately. The scene ends with the girl being dragged into the darkness while pleading. During the opening credits, two young women are driving through the French countryside. Anna and Francoise talk about their after-college plans and then stop at a pub where they are urged to quickly leave and avoid the village. They stop for the night in an abandoned barn and make out before the scene fades to black. It was some of the worst on screen kissing I have seen.

In the morning, Anna is missing and Francoise searches for her, being led to a castle by a dwarf named Gurth, who suddenly disappears. She takes a small boat across the water to the castle, oddly refusing to sit down. I suppose the director thought it made for a better shot, but there are probably many outtakes of the actress falling in the water. On the island, she is greeted by many young and beautiful women. The host tells her that all paths in the forest lead to the castle and that her friend will find her way there as well. When Francoise falls asleep, everyone moves to the dungeon where Anna is tied up. The offer is simple, grow old and die in the dungeon or sell your soul to Morgana Le Fay for eternal youth. Anna eventually accepts.

Francoise awakens and tries to escape but cannot find the boat, which is hidden by magic. She swims across only to find Morgana waiting for her in the forest. The other immortal women are jealous and fearful that Morgana will replace them. This leads to a plot to help Francoise escape using some magic talismans. While watching the movie, it occurred to me that the old crones in the dungeon far outnumber the young lovers of Morgana, meaning that she must have very poor salesmanship.

At this point, the movie turns into a large, soft-core orgy. Using the orgy as cover, Francoise steals the trinkets she needs to escape. Then the ending arrives, nonsensical and unsatisfying. The last ten minutes of this movie actively annoyed me. Partially at fault is too much handheld camera towards the end, but I’ll avoid the other issues with the ending to prevent spoilers.

The audio commentary is with the director Bruno Gantilliton. He says that he did not do any film tests while casting and picked the actresses out of a book with headshots. Then he explained the film and those that were not interested left. While filming, he had a very small crew and no dolly. The director also claims to not like zooms. So much of the film is shot with a very stationary camera. He shot much of it in an actual castle but points out some scenes were filmed in the basement of a Paris fire station. He claims that the financing was easy to come by. The commentary is mostly an older director being prompted to remember decades old events. There is an11-minute archival interview with the director. Many of the stories he tells are covered in the commentary, but being younger, the director seems much more confident in his recollection.

The director’s first short film, “An Artistic Couple” tells the story of a young woman applying for a job as a housekeeper at a wealthy looking house. Things quickly turn sinister with the old couple that lives there. It’s only 13 minutes but has better atmosphere than the feature film.

Bruno holds up the ceiling Part One (26 minutes) is an interview with the director at the age of 81 spanning his career, not just “Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay”. He discusses his time as an assistant director, short films, and working in television. Bruno Holds Up the Ceiling Part Two (16 minutes) is a continuation of interviews about his career. I’m not really sure why it was broken into two parts.

Dominique Delpierre gives a whopping 45-minute interview. Her father was a wealthy industrialist and when she expressed an interest in the theater, he did not like it but put her in the best acting school that he could. “If you’re going to do this, do it right”. She talks about being a tall actress and the special challenges that come with that. She discusses the film and how it came and went in France so quickly that she forgot about it. Then an Englishman told her that it had become a cult hit in the U.K.

The remaining special features are a 5-minute Stills gallery and a two-and-a-half-minute trailer. I do not have a lot of complaints about the special features. There is plenty of content here. I also do not have any issues with the quality of the physical release. The movie itself is slow-paced with not enough nudity and sex to be entertaining in that way, but not story driven enough to be engaging as an actual narrative. There is a lot of lingering shots and pretension of art, but it was kind of boring.