Les Bas de soie noire
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:23 am
Recently picked up the Blue One DVD with L'Initiation d'une femme mariee and Les Bas de soie noire, and just watched the latter film.
Screens here
Below are my notes. Perhaps some of you who are more familiar with the French XXX cinema can correct me if i've made any errors.
Scene 1 Cathy Stewart, Elisabeth Bur?, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 2 Dominique St Claire, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 3 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?
Scene 4 Nicole Segaud, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 5 Dominique St Claire, Gabriel Pontello, Nicole Segaud
Scene 6 Christine Black, Guy Royer, Hubert G?ral, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 7 Mika Barthel, Hubert G?ral, Piotr Stanislas
Scene 8 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?
Scene 9 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?, Ghislain Van Hove, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 10 Cathy Stewart, Christine Black, Dominique St Claire, Elisabeth Bur?, Laura Clair, Nadine Roussial, XNK0946, Cyril Val, Dominique Aveline, Ghislain Van Hove, Guy Royer, Hubert G?ral, Richard Lemieuvre, unknown blonde guy
During scene 5, while the 3-way is happening in the main parlor, two couples who were playing cards stop their game and sit on a couch to watch. The couple on the left is Laura Clair and Cyril Val. The couple on the right are the two unknowns, XNK0946 and an unknown blonde male.
This film is remarkable in many ways, not least of which is for the consistently hot sex scenes. There are familiar French themes of exhibitionism and voyeurism, but these are taken to new levels of sophistication and cleverness beyond any film i've seen.
There are no Brigitte Lahaie or Marilyn Jess superstars here, but there are many of the best French porn stars of the golden age -- a veritable who's who of French porn.
There is a nice mix of veterans and newbies, and some of the leading stars of the 70s take a back seat to the up and coming fresh faces.
Christine Black had already appeared in a few loops and minor roles, but here she is given a major role and a chance to really show her stuff. She was an under-appreciated and lesser-known actress, but this film reveals her special charms beautifully.
Nicole Segaud was also a relative newcomer, yet she had already appeared in several major roles the previous year (1980), e.g. in C?cilia; Le Femme objet; Lucr?ce; Une Photographe tr?s sp?ciale; and Tendres souvenirs aka Sinnliche Sehnsucht. Here she is the center of a hot 3-way with Dominique St Claire and Gabriel Pontello.
Dominique St Claire (the female) was already a veteran of French porn, but appears unusually quiet and submissive here (she often played strong characters, especially dominating bitches), yet she's as sexy as i've ever seen her.
Mika Barthel is another late 70s-early 80s regular, often in supporting roles, who gets one very hot scene here. Mika shows just how seductively charming she can be, and also how daring: she gets sandwiched and DP'ed by Piotr Stanislas and Hubert G?ral.
Most of the actresses are classicly beautiful, but we can learn a lot from the few who are not, like Elisabeth Bur?. I put her in the same category as American actress Samantha Fox: both are far from gorgeous, with somewhat plain features, but they are both dynamic actresses and very sexy. Elisabeth gets a major role here as the maid who takes the "teenage" Christine under her wing, seducing her and also tutoring her in the ways of sex. Even if you don't find her physically attractive, pay attention to the way Elisabeth handles and seduces Christine, and try to appreciate how sexy she is regardless of her plain looks.
A few notes about the men:
Richard Lemieuvre and Guy Royer were true porn veterans who both had been leading actors in many films and would continue to be so. Yet here they take a back seat, playing servants. They allow newcomers Gabriel Pontello and Piotr Stanislas to take more of the limelight, which shows a level of maturity and generosity that by contrast is rarely found in Hollywood. It also shows brilliance on the part of Bernard-Aubert, the director.
This was Ghislain Van Hove's swan song. He earlier starred in several mid-70s classics, e.g. La Rabatteuse and Exc?s pornographiques (playing opposite Brigitte Lahaie in both films), but he was relegated to mostly minor roles in the late 70s. Here he plays the master of the house, Vincent -- the gracious host and mastermind behind the fulfilling of fantasies made real, which are cleverly served to his unsuspecting guests.
Screens here
Below are my notes. Perhaps some of you who are more familiar with the French XXX cinema can correct me if i've made any errors.
Scene 1 Cathy Stewart, Elisabeth Bur?, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 2 Dominique St Claire, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 3 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?
Scene 4 Nicole Segaud, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 5 Dominique St Claire, Gabriel Pontello, Nicole Segaud
Scene 6 Christine Black, Guy Royer, Hubert G?ral, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 7 Mika Barthel, Hubert G?ral, Piotr Stanislas
Scene 8 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?
Scene 9 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bur?, Ghislain Van Hove, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 10 Cathy Stewart, Christine Black, Dominique St Claire, Elisabeth Bur?, Laura Clair, Nadine Roussial, XNK0946, Cyril Val, Dominique Aveline, Ghislain Van Hove, Guy Royer, Hubert G?ral, Richard Lemieuvre, unknown blonde guy
During scene 5, while the 3-way is happening in the main parlor, two couples who were playing cards stop their game and sit on a couch to watch. The couple on the left is Laura Clair and Cyril Val. The couple on the right are the two unknowns, XNK0946 and an unknown blonde male.
This film is remarkable in many ways, not least of which is for the consistently hot sex scenes. There are familiar French themes of exhibitionism and voyeurism, but these are taken to new levels of sophistication and cleverness beyond any film i've seen.
There are no Brigitte Lahaie or Marilyn Jess superstars here, but there are many of the best French porn stars of the golden age -- a veritable who's who of French porn.
There is a nice mix of veterans and newbies, and some of the leading stars of the 70s take a back seat to the up and coming fresh faces.
Christine Black had already appeared in a few loops and minor roles, but here she is given a major role and a chance to really show her stuff. She was an under-appreciated and lesser-known actress, but this film reveals her special charms beautifully.
Nicole Segaud was also a relative newcomer, yet she had already appeared in several major roles the previous year (1980), e.g. in C?cilia; Le Femme objet; Lucr?ce; Une Photographe tr?s sp?ciale; and Tendres souvenirs aka Sinnliche Sehnsucht. Here she is the center of a hot 3-way with Dominique St Claire and Gabriel Pontello.
Dominique St Claire (the female) was already a veteran of French porn, but appears unusually quiet and submissive here (she often played strong characters, especially dominating bitches), yet she's as sexy as i've ever seen her.
Mika Barthel is another late 70s-early 80s regular, often in supporting roles, who gets one very hot scene here. Mika shows just how seductively charming she can be, and also how daring: she gets sandwiched and DP'ed by Piotr Stanislas and Hubert G?ral.
Most of the actresses are classicly beautiful, but we can learn a lot from the few who are not, like Elisabeth Bur?. I put her in the same category as American actress Samantha Fox: both are far from gorgeous, with somewhat plain features, but they are both dynamic actresses and very sexy. Elisabeth gets a major role here as the maid who takes the "teenage" Christine under her wing, seducing her and also tutoring her in the ways of sex. Even if you don't find her physically attractive, pay attention to the way Elisabeth handles and seduces Christine, and try to appreciate how sexy she is regardless of her plain looks.
A few notes about the men:
Richard Lemieuvre and Guy Royer were true porn veterans who both had been leading actors in many films and would continue to be so. Yet here they take a back seat, playing servants. They allow newcomers Gabriel Pontello and Piotr Stanislas to take more of the limelight, which shows a level of maturity and generosity that by contrast is rarely found in Hollywood. It also shows brilliance on the part of Bernard-Aubert, the director.
This was Ghislain Van Hove's swan song. He earlier starred in several mid-70s classics, e.g. La Rabatteuse and Exc?s pornographiques (playing opposite Brigitte Lahaie in both films), but he was relegated to mostly minor roles in the late 70s. Here he plays the master of the house, Vincent -- the gracious host and mastermind behind the fulfilling of fantasies made real, which are cleverly served to his unsuspecting guests.