A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
13K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
Videos1
Lynne Langdon
- Jerome's sisteras Jerome's sister
- (as Lynne Frances Wachendorfer)
Ham Chau Luong
- Calligrapheras Calligrapher
- (as Ham Cham Luong)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, and her sexual odyssey (and the creation of her own Pillow Book) is a "parfait mélange" of classical Japanese, modern Chinese, and Western film images. —Michael C. Berch <mcb@postmodern.com>
- Taglines
- Things that make the heart beat faster.
- Genre
- Certificate
- Not Rated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaEwan McGregor was uncomfortable about his parents watching the film, as he spends much of it being in the nude. His father took it well, and after seeing the film, responded to his son, via fax: "I'm glad you inherited one of my greatest attributes."
- GoofsNagiko says early on that her mother taught her Mandarin. Later, she says that she went to Hong Kong to improve the Chinese her mother taught her. However, the majority of people in Hong Kong speak Cantonese, not Mandarin.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Con Air/Bliss/Buddy/The Pillow Book/The Quiet Room (1997)
- SoundtracksOffering to the Saviour Gompo
Performed by Buddhist Lamas & Monks of the Four Great Orders
Courtesy of Lyrichord Disks New York
Top review
Sensual, erotic & languid
At the beginning of the film we see a little girl being written upon by her father. The film then moves to the girl as an adult, and seeking lovers who will write on her body again. She meets a bisexual Englishman, who also likes to be written on, and she finds out he is also a former lover of a man who has previously betrayed her father.
Greenaway uses some of the techniques from Prospero's Books, in the way the film is shown, with small rectangular boxes containing other images. The film is beautiful to look at, as per usual with Greenaway's films. There is also a seductive French song that plays at times during the film, a sensuous lady performs this tune, and it is very appropriate to the film. The film is erotic, with plenty of nudity on view. I do think the film is a bit languid at times though, and this hurts it, but it's still an impressive piece of cinema.
Greenaway uses some of the techniques from Prospero's Books, in the way the film is shown, with small rectangular boxes containing other images. The film is beautiful to look at, as per usual with Greenaway's films. There is also a seductive French song that plays at times during the film, a sensuous lady performs this tune, and it is very appropriate to the film. The film is erotic, with plenty of nudity on view. I do think the film is a bit languid at times though, and this hurts it, but it's still an impressive piece of cinema.
helpful•159
- Afracious
- Jul 25, 2000
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Escrito en la piel
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,372,744
- Gross worldwide
- $2,372,744
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Recently viewed
Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.