Romance
Yeah it caused a minor stir when it came out here - just played on the arthouse circuit of course, but it was supposedly the first non-educational film with any hardcore content to receive a regular 18 certificate in the UK. It's a typical French type of film about a woman bored with her relationship going out and trying new stuff, one scene involves a French hardcore porn actor (Rocco Siffrede?) - not graphic by porn standards but not what you'd expect to see even in an arthouse film!
There was another French film a couple of years later (Baise Moi - literally "R*** Me") which used a couple of female porn actors (but unlike American porn actors, ones who could actually act!) and had a couple of graphic sex scenes including a r*** scene and an orgy. It too got a regular 18 certificate here.
I've been a fan of French cinema long before these movies though, they're just so casual and up-front about nudity and sex!
Brits are starting to copy the "hardcore" trend - check out "Intimacy" (Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance) and "Nine Songs" (directed by Michael Winterbottom, which I haven't seen yet).
Last edited by daveduchovny; 08-30-2004 at 09:56 PM.
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