Aline or Frustrations

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Phil Joanou

Cast

Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman

As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

François Ozon

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian

An important madam is indicted and several of her whores testify in court by illustrating with sex scenes.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

F. Lee Cochran

Cast

Brad Bartram, Michelle von Flotow, Kim Dawson

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

Runtime

1h 3m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Max Ernst

Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her couplings.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

John Derek

Cast

Bo Derek, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregón