Ecco
1963
Action / Documentary / Musical

Ecco
1963
Action / Documentary / Musical
Plot summary
A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long needles through his body, reindeer being castrated, and footage of lesbians and strippers.
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Top cast
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Sick & Disturbing... Not For The Squeamish I Liked It
Very Entertaining
I don't know much about mondo except that it's mostly exploitation, sometimes racist, and occasionally just stagey lies. However, Ecco is highly entertaining in its variety of rituals from different cultures all over the world. I had to Google the reindeer thing, and it's actually true (or once was before it was outlawed). There's also some reasonably tame but historically accurate presentations of burlesque dancing. This isn't the sort of documentary that you could share with the whole family, because of the adult content and also because with mondo cinema it's unclear what is real and what is exaggerated or staged. But this one's fun!