The Girl on a Motorcycle

The Girl on a Motorcycle

She's always naked under leather

R 1968 · 91 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Romance

Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.

Directed by Jack Cardiff · Written by André Pieyre de Mandiargues

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