![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the movies were English language costume dramas that had scripts with actual plots and classical scores, shot on real locations with good lighting and real direction. Most were foreign productions from the previous decade, either British Benny-Hillesque sex comedies or badly dubbed Continental flicks that were the last gasps of non-government funded European cinema. ![]() Slightly exhausting, perhaps taking on too much of the dark side of sexuality.Reviewed by skinnyjoeymerlino 6 / 10 Period Piece Soft Core with Production Valueīack in the 1980s, regional cable providers like PRISM, Wometco Home Theatre, and SelecTV would air unrated soft core movies (no male full frontal, simulated sex) late on Friday and Saturday nights. It hints at the themes which would run through Luna's later work, such as Jamon, Jamon and Golden Balls but without the quirky humour of those films. But it is refreshing to see these challenging areas of sex dealt with by a competent director and good cast of actors. For some, the film's frankness masturbation, homosexual sex and cunnilingus and exploration of everything from transsexual sex to incest might bring it close to pornography. ![]() It's an erotic, uninhibited performance, taking Lulu from an innocent virgin with a crush on her brother's friend to a woman so desperate for carnal gratification that she trawls bars looking for men with which to have three-way sex. Italian actress Francesca Neri plays the lead character. It is an uncompromising study of sexuality, exploring desires which most directors would shy away from on and probably off the camera. This early (1990) major feature from Bigas Luna is the one which not surprisingly got him noticed. ![]()
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