Henri Pachard like Louis Malle is a gifted, prolific, visionary film-maker, Pachard's films idolize women, and skillfully educate the most sophisticated viewer of eroticism (both male and female) with exquisite, and mesmerizing "true to life" encounters.
Direction
Pachard's rare female-gaze framing in 1980s adult cinema.
Acting
Marlene Willoughby's surprisingly nuanced bored-housewife arc.
Director
Henri Pachard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 'porno chic' era when adult films screened in mainstream theaters; Roger Ebert actually reviewed comparable titles seriously.
Robert Kerman (Victor) also starred in Cannibal Holocaust and numerous Italian horror films—one of cinema's strangest career pivots.
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