The Frenchman's Garden Jess Franco The Beast broke new ground

The Beast broke new ground in sexual explicitness and remains a truly startling experience even today

as well as riveting support from Laurence Fishburne

and perverse

Featuring a superb supporting cast that includes Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner)

as a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist—but he discovers that escape is not as simple as he’d hoped

The Frenchman's Garden Jess Franco The Beast broke new ground"The Frenchman" was what locals called the man who ran the bar and restaurant in the small town of Peaflor in rural Spain in the early part of the 20th century. But Juan Andrs Aldije Monmej was not your usual jolly inn keeper. He ran an illegal gambling den and pimped out the waitresses who worked for him, arranging abortions for them when the inevitable happened. Even though he was married to one of the richest women in town, Juan Andrs was not