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Black Moon (1975)

Black MoonThis certainly was the role of Cathryn Harrisons life. At the tender age of 16 she stars this rather obscure and occasionally disturbing independent film about a schizophrenic young woman ending up at a country house somewhere in the middle of nowhere, England. I am not sure if the plot yields a deeper or hidden meaning, however this seems to be second-rank. Lily is chasing a Unicorn round the cottage, meets an old women who talks a lot of gibberish, and makes friends with another two Lilys. Most time it is hard to judge what happens only in Lilys mind and what happens for real.  Cathryn Harrisons play Lily with a incredible innocence which gives the movie a twitch, which makes it easy to watch, despite the messy plot. For some reason this film did not lounge her career into outer space.

German actress Therese Giehse makes her last appearance in her almost 50 years lasting career on before she past away in early 1975. She is doing a great job as old confused lady and is a great counter-pole to the young Lily.