After spending most of the week watching & reviewing French films from 1948,I started looking for another part of French cinema to enter. Taken by her performances in Jean Rollin films and German Sex Comedy flicks,I was pleased to find online a rare Adult title starring Brigitte Lahaie,which led to me seeking the couple.
The plot:
Passionately in love with each other,husband and wife Mari and Barbara try to find ways to spice up their love life. Believing that getting a third person involved will get things more frisky,the couple hire a butler, who they soon discover has his own menu of desires.
View on the film:
Serving up the action in the house of the couple, writer/director Jean-Claude Roy gives this skin flick a warm Summer day atmosphere,with the crisp lighting round the swimming pool and the chic clothes dressing giving the movie a slick casualness. Whilst going Fairley hardcore for the sex scenes, Roy keeps the scenes from going grubby,by not having a one track mind and actually making an effort to show the couple holding hands and cuddling during sex.
Keeping the relationship on the couple at a skin-deep level, Roy matches the appearance of the film with a breezy screenplay,that avoids penetrating drama, to instead go for a welcoming feel good party mood for every guest to Mari and Barbara. Grabbing the screen from the moment she strips, Brigitte Lahaie gives an incredibly sensual performance as Barbara,thanks to Lahaie showing buckets of enthusiasm in the sex scenes,and a warmth as she and Mari get a smile.
The plot:
Passionately in love with each other,husband and wife Mari and Barbara try to find ways to spice up their love life. Believing that getting a third person involved will get things more frisky,the couple hire a butler, who they soon discover has his own menu of desires.
View on the film:
Serving up the action in the house of the couple, writer/director Jean-Claude Roy gives this skin flick a warm Summer day atmosphere,with the crisp lighting round the swimming pool and the chic clothes dressing giving the movie a slick casualness. Whilst going Fairley hardcore for the sex scenes, Roy keeps the scenes from going grubby,by not having a one track mind and actually making an effort to show the couple holding hands and cuddling during sex.
Keeping the relationship on the couple at a skin-deep level, Roy matches the appearance of the film with a breezy screenplay,that avoids penetrating drama, to instead go for a welcoming feel good party mood for every guest to Mari and Barbara. Grabbing the screen from the moment she strips, Brigitte Lahaie gives an incredibly sensual performance as Barbara,thanks to Lahaie showing buckets of enthusiasm in the sex scenes,and a warmth as she and Mari get a smile.