Acting
From his childhood in a modest family in the Pyrénées to his unexpected career as a porn actor in the 1970s, the film traces the life of Claude Loir, who set out to fully embrace life. His homosexuality and curiosity guide him through encounters that lead into the shadowy, liberated circles of a pre-AIDS era, caught between conservatism and sexual freedom. Loves and lovers, flamboyance and fragility… the film offers a striking portrait of a fearless, hedonistic man navigating desire, identity, and society’s constraints.
In an alternate reality, Brigitte Lahaie has died of AIDS on December 31, 1982. She's the only woman Richard, our narrator, has ever loved, and after hearing an address from President François Mitterrand, Richard decides to tell their story. Comprised of soft excerpts from about 30 1970s X-rated films, this fiction traces the story of an enchanted interlude from the pill to the appearance of AIDS and reflects on the cultural changes of the era.
A newspaper editor wants to sell more newspapers using sex crimes as a way to attract more readers.
Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema : home-grown gay pornography. The films were shot in 16mm and most of them were passed and given certificates by the CNC (National Cinema Centre). They were screened in a small number of Parisian cinemas dedicated to gay pornographic films : Le Dragon, La Marotte and Le Hollywood Boulevard as well as several in the provinces. They were essentially the work of three production companies : Les Films de La Troïka (Norbert Terry), AMT Productions (Anne-Marie Tensi) and Les Films du Vertbois (principally Jacques Scandelari). The genre met an untimely end with the advent of video, the last being made in 1983 "Mon ami, mon amour (My friend, my lover)". Since then, gay pornography has not been screened in French cinemas. This film is the result of five years of painstaking research and investigation. It features extensive interviews with the directors and actors illustrated by numerous extracts from their films.
Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema: home-grown gay pornography. They were essentially the work of three production companies: Les Films de La Troika (Norbert Terry), AMT Productions (Anne-Marie Tensi) and Les Films du Vertbois (principally Jacques Scandelari). The genre met an untimely end with the advent of video, the last being made in 1983 'Mon Ami, Mon Amour (My Friend, my Lover)'.
Christine Beaugrand invites a group of friends to her country home for a duck hunt and a lot of sex.
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Agnes is frigid until her friend Elisabeth invites her to a party. At the party, Agnes attends with her husband, an old black and white stag film is screened, and pretty soon an orgy ensues.
Pierre has sexual fantasies about his next door neighbor Marianne leading his wife to get him an appointment with a sex therapist. Jean-Louis Vattier dreams about his lovely downstairs neighbor, Brigitte Lahaie, although his dreams occasionally turn into nightmares involving his hard hat co-worker Dominique Aveline. One particularly strange and violent sequence is not made any more watchable by some slow motion fighting accompanied by the usual ‘arousing’ sax music instead of more threatening music, but this entire film is one big incomprehensible trip anyway, so the viewer had better prepare for more far out scenes. Pierre awakes to find his beautiful blond wife (although she’s no Brigitte) played by Ursula White. Obviously their marriage is in trouble, with him living in a fantasy world of his own making while she, Janine, has taken a lover of the same sex (Liliane Lemieuvre as Rosette). Pierre spots Brigitte in a book store and begins to fantasize once more.
Paul and Gabriel meet in front of the Château de Vincennes. Paul is arrogant, domineering and cavalier while Gabriel is gentle, helpful and conciliatory. Despite their differences in character, they decide to “settle down”. After an orgy and sex with gigolos in a hotel, is Paul, who has always considered himself a hardened worker, now tempted by sodomy? An early homo social and domestic patterns or paid love.
Her parents throw a birthday party for her, but most of the guests are middle-aged, and she feels left out at her own party, until Marbeuf persuades her to join in the dancing, during which she displays an impressive cleavage while her mother looks on disapprovingly. Then there's a slow tune and the only young male guest at the party (Pjotr Stanislas) asks her to dance. During the dance they sneak into an alcove and have sex, hidden (but not very well) by some flimsy strands forming a curtain. Her mother discovers them in flagrante and Iris is thrown out of her home.
Young Patricia has been sent to the estate of the wealthy Vincent to be educated in the ways of sex, though he lets vivacious maid Jeanette do most of the teaching. The guests, owners and the staff of the villa share a fetish for black stockings and indulge in all kinds of sex.
The mayor of some provincial village calls the detective agency which employs Dany and Martine because a local woman (Therese) is spreading gossip about how several local establishment figures of his party have scandalously taken advantage of her. Dany and Martine come to investigate and hear first Therese's story about how Luc, Paul and Jacques coerced her into indecent acts, such as pharmacist Luc talking her into giving him a blow-job as a means to relieve her migraine. Dany and Martine soon conjecture that this is all wishful thinking and that Therese merely wants to get hitched and get laid. So they validate the hypothesis by trying out the men for themselves. In the end, Therese is happy too, because our heroines arrange a hot date with Jacques - with a predictable outcome.
Robert agrees to keep an eye on the friends' girlfriend while the other is out of the country. The girl in question, Jocelyne, in return persuades any woman who catches Robert's fancy to a carnal encounter. The wide range of females include a stewardess, a shop assistant, a countess, a mother and daughter they meet at a café, the usher from the local adult cinema and just about any other woman they pass on the street.
One of Marilyn Jess' first pornos in which she plays a schoolgirl who is sent to a boarding school after her parents catch her in the act with her boyfriend. Once there she finds out that life ain't that bad away from home.
Everybody knows the French don't waist any time when it comes to the art of making love. At the start of "Perversions of a Young Bride", aka "French Blues" (?) we witness a couple (Ghislain van Hove and Danièle David ) just finishing a bout of intercourse, only to find out they are just friends. In fact, she's the best friend of his fiancée. Turns out they had some time on their hands while the bride, Marie-Christine (the legend known as Brigitte Lahaie) is getting ready. So, the groom (already in his tux) and the best friend flip through Marie-Christine's scrapbook of love, a photo album featuring pictures of lovers and their private parts. Of course, each one has a story attached, and luckily Danièle knows them all. After all, every guy loves to hear about the sex live of the woman he loves.
Eva is a young innocent Dutch girl who is in love with Antoine, brother of her best friend Martine. When she accidentally see her and her husband Henri having sex, they invite her to join a threesome. But Antoine comes unexpectedly and sees her betrayal. He punishes both her and his sister. To try on lovers, friends have a masquerade party.
Madame Anaïs, a countess, whose wealth has been squandered by her husband, runs a brothel. One day she hires a girl and offers her a necklace against a mysterious job. Madame Anaïs's former husband, the count, immediately falls in love with the girl who is dressed as a teenager. After whetting his appetite on the maid, the count expects a very nice time with the girl and they quickly find themselves together in bed. After the first lovemaking, the young lady asks for more, which he provides but gets exhausted and begs for mercy. The girl, by putting a piece of cloth round his neck and nearly strangling him, brings his strength back. Then she definitely strangles him and leaves the house after receiving the necklace from Madame Anaïs (the countess), who then bursts into tears.
