An extremely odd, mind-bending Yugoslavian film that is a huge allegory for communism and the role of sex behind the Iron Curtain.
The film chronicles the theory of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. He felt the mental, physical or emotional problems people had stemmed from the back-up of sexual release.
He began eventually using touch during sessions with patients in their underwear as they simulated sex on their own in addition to screaming and convulsing. This untapped sexual energy he called "orgone." He actually began building and selling "orgone accumulators," which looked like incubators that people sat in side and, I guess, masturbated. All the orgones were collected and you felt better. Or whatever.
To call Reich bizarre is an understatement. To call this film bizarre is also an understatement.
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