Bacchanales Sexuelles
by Jean Rollin
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Actor: Annie Belle, Brigitte Borghese, Jean-Paul Hazy, Joëlle Coeur, Marie-France MorelDirector: Jean Rollin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Synapse Films
DVD Reviews of Bacchanales Sexuelles
DVD Review: Tres mal!
Summary: 1 Stars
Jean Rollin is a name instantly recognizable to hardcore horror fans, yet meaningless to nearly everyone else. This ignorance is quite unfortunate because the French director concocted some of the sleaziest, most unusual films ever made during the 1970s and 1980s, films usually imbued with a disturbing mix of hypereroticism and bloody violence. I have often tossed Rollin's name around in impolite company with seeming aplomb even though I had never seen even one of the man's films. You read enough plot synopses about someone and you start to feel as though you know every intimate detail about their work. What I did hear from others about this director oftentimes did not bode well. He is apparently well versed in schlock filmmaking, which in and of itself is not a problem with me, a true lover of bad cinema, but several of his films continue to draw raves from a selected minority of genre fans. Well, I finally sat down with a Jean Rollin film, his 1979 effort "Fascination," and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Then I followed up with "Living Dead Girl" and was even more impressed. Then came "Lips of Blood," "The Demoniacs," and "The Sidewalks of Bangkok." No wonder most people think Rollin is a hack.
Prime proof of hackery is Rollin's 1974 Eurosex romp "Bacchanales Sexuelles," sometimes referred to as "Fly Me The French Way." I call it "BORING." Oh lordy does this film reek! There is a plot, if you can believe it, but it's so laughable I can barely bring myself to describe it for you. Valerie (Joelle Coeur) takes it upon herself to apartment sit for her journalist brother, who is ostensibly in the States somewhere researching a story. Val gets a little bored, however, and promptly invites her lascivious pal Sophie (Marie-France Morel) over for a bit of conversation. The two quickly begin drinking and...well, let's just say they prove their friendship in no uncertain terms. Welcome to the first of many scenes involving birthday suited Eurobabes that seem to run on, and run on, and run on again for what feels like an eternity. After Sophie and Valerie acquaint themselves, they turn in for the evening. In the middle of the night a couple of intruders waltz into the apartment and end up abducting the hapless Sophie. Why? They meant to nab Valerie because her brother's investigations into a sex cult threatens some very powerful people, and they hope to exert a bit of pressure by whisking Val away to the countryside. Ooops.
Valerie teams up with one of Sophie's boy toys to crack the case. After interminable scenes involving Val and this guy "acquainting" themselves, they finally get around to taking action. In the meantime, poor old Sophie runs head on into the leader of the cult, Malvina (Brigitte De Borghese), and her sordid minions. A rather lame punishment involving a few lashes with a whip follows, as do more scenes where lumpy French men and sleek Eurobabes "acquaint" themselves. Malvina, decked out in some kooky looking bead clothing, takes her frustrations out by target shooting a bunch of mannequins in the courtyard and screaming at her underlings. There's a bunch of bunk about a cache of film negatives back at the journalist's apartment, and a bunch more bunk back as Valerie and her new beau receive a visit from a maid named Jenny (Jenny Trochu) that involves--you guessed it--striking up an "acquaintance." I think that's enough description to prove the utter mindlessness of Rollin's film. Plot exists only to provide an excuse for matching up women with women and men with women. At least the movie gives us maid wrestling.
The most notable thing I can say about "Bacchanales Sexuelles" is that it's the first Rollin film I've seen that doesn't look like a Rollin film. If you've spent any amount of time watching this director's films, you know what I mean. The high atmosphere and deliberate camerawork that mark his horror films is absent here. Instead, Rollin slaps together a typical soft-core sex film of the sort churned out by the hundreds in Europe during this period. The dialogue is dumb, the acting negligible, and the clothing is scarce. The second thing I can say about "Bacchanales Sexuelles" is that it's BORING! Watching this film from start to finish requires a herculean effort. I felt like turning the DVD player off at least once every five minutes. In this day and age the sorts of activities we see in the movie just don't create a stir. If you really want to watch this sort of thing, just go the whole nine yards and pick up an adult video. While a thirteen year old boy might find this stuff exciting, worldlier adults (meaning anyone who has moved past the stage of holding hands with a pretty girl) will find it lacking in the extreme. Ugh, I can't believe I spent an hour and a half watching this pap!
The only extras on the disc are two trailers for the films "Castle of Blood" and "Grapes of Death," two movies that are "Citizen Kane" compared to this lumbering monstrosity. I apologize to Joelle Coeur, Brigitte De Borghese, Marie-France Morel, Jenny Trochu, and the rest of the lovely gals who appeared in "Bacchanales Sexuelles." You're all attractive women in that inimitable Eurobabe way, but even loveliness couldn't suppress the immense boredom I felt while slogging through this tripe. I'm sticking to Rollin's horror films in the future. At least with those movies we usually get an interesting plot AND lovely ladies. Au revoir, "Bacchanales Sexuelles." May I never have the misfortune to stumble over you again!
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