Monamour

Erotica

Cult Epics

Blu-Ray

Italian, English subtitles

Although the plot is not original nor particularly interesting, veteran director Tinto Brass gives us an erotic masterpiece through his use of attractive women and first class cinematography. The film drifts along happily, offering many opportunities to admire Anna Jimskaya’s mature but absolutely luscious body, in Brass’s usual style. There is no shyness here, though; no tastefully arranged vase of flowers to hide the naughty bits. Everything is revealed to us in a way that almost but not quite crosses the line into softcore pornography.

Marta and Dario have been married for six months and Marta is becoming dissatisfied with their sex life. Dario is obsessed with his work, leaving early in the morning and returning home worn out. Sex such as it is is passionate but brief and Marta wants more. One day while touring a museum and admiring the erotic statuary and paintings she meets a Frenchman, Leon, who gropes her gently, arousing all her urges. She meets him again at a party and they start a relationship. She writes it all in her diary. What happens when Dario finds the diary?

Brass is somewhat obsessed with female body parts and we get many tasteful close-ups. His women are very attractive, but not in the American huge-boobs style. They are ordinary girls who have only become more attractive and elegant as they have matured into women. Anna Jimskaya is a perfect example. The key word through the entire film seems to be “tasteful”. Even the sex scenes are done with a style that I think is what stops the film veering into pornography.

A bonus short film in the two-disc set is “Kick the Cock”. It means, apparently, “peek in the kitchen” or something similar. It is an accurate description of the film which seems to consist of two attractive (naturally) young women who are apparently housemaids or something being eyeballed by Brass himself, sitting behind his desk in the kitchen and contentedly puffing his cigar. I would be content, too. That’s it. No plot at all. Its only saving grace is once again its very attractive actresses. This is simply a self-indulgent voyeur film.

If you aren’t interested in huge mammaries and money shots, these are two beautifully made films for the connoisseur of attractive women.

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