French Erotica & Popcorn

Three French Movies

Over the weekend NetFlix (via ROKU) served up suggestions from a category called "Erotic French Romance."   I do like foreign film, and especially those from France if it's not a comedy. I began with "Ma mère."          HFS!  [I digress here] I know that European film makers are quite a bit looser in their approach to sex than we.  For instance,  the acclaimed Italian epic 1900, directed by  Bernardo Bertolucci , that I borrowed from the library 15-20 years ago,  contained scenes where a grandfather (Burt Lancaster)  is masturbated by an adolescent girl.  Later, two boys have a jerk-off contest graphically depicted. So, when I tell you that I immediately went to Wikipedia after watching Ma mère, it wasn't because I didn't understand what I saw; it was to validate that I did see what I saw. And I had. The incestuous relationship betwixt mother and son is only part of it; this film is downright nasty! Notice where Netflix says 2.0 Our best guess for Rodger?   A tad high.  [Trailer] Next, I did Exterminating Angels (Les Anges Exterminateurs).  I will describe this as Sex, Lies, and Videotape meets Girls Gone Wild.  Again, Wikipedia has a better intro than Netflix. “ The film is about a director named François who embarks on a film project about female eroticism. He meets three struggling actresses who perform sexual acts in front of him. What Francois does not realise is that there is a lot more going on in the girls' heads than other parts and this leads to tragic consequences.[Trailer] François promises he won't ever touch them, so naturally they all want him to.  There are really no holes barred, ahem.  The sub plot is very French,  and very stupeede.  The only reason to watch this is for the sex, which is sometimes titillating. I give it a 2.0 Lastly, Sex Is Comedy “ Sex Is Comedy revolves around a director (Anne Parillaud) and her troubles filming an intimate sex scene between two actors who cannot tolerate each other.[Trailer] I actually enjoyed, and was fascinated by this biographical film -- outside of the nakedness, or anticipation of it. Of the three, I imagine women would like this one too, perhaps even more than men because it is a woman's movie. And a romance. I give it a 3.5. Finis