A Very Good Boy

In an alternate reality, Brigitte Lahaie has died of AIDS on December 31, 1982. She's the only woman Richard, our narrator, has ever loved, and after hearing an address from President François Mitterrand, Richard decides to tell their story. Comprised of soft excerpts from about 30 1970s X-rated films, this fiction traces the story of an enchanted interlude from the pill to the appearance of AIDS and reflects on the cultural changes of the era.

Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema : home-grown gay pornography. The films were shot in 16mm and most of them were passed and given certificates by the CNC (National Cinema Centre). They were screened in a small number of Parisian cinemas dedicated to gay pornographic films : Le Dragon, La Marotte and Le Hollywood Boulevard as well as several in the provinces. They were essentially the work of three production companies : Les Films de La Troïka (Norbert Terry), AMT Productions (Anne-Marie Tensi) and Les Films du Vertbois (principally Jacques Scandelari). The genre met an untimely end with the advent of video, the last being made in 1983 "Mon ami, mon amour (My friend, my lover)". Since then, gay pornography has not been screened in French cinemas. This film is the result of five years of painstaking research and investigation. It features extensive interviews with the directors and actors illustrated by numerous extracts from their films.

This is a documentary on the 70's French porn industry. There are generally two kinds of porn documentaries--those that actually take an insightful look behind the scenes, and those that are just an excuse to show a lot of nudity and XXX porn footage. This is actually somewhere in between. It's generously seasoned with porn footage, but there are also a lot of (fully-clothed) interviews, and they even talk to the owners of porn theaters, some typical porn customers (including some pre-adolescent boys who are walking by the the theater--I wonder what their parents thought of that?), as well as a guy who makes promotional billboards for porn movies although he claims never to have seen one!

Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema: home-grown gay pornography. They were essentially the work of three production companies: Les Films de La Troika (Norbert Terry), AMT Productions (Anne-Marie Tensi) and Les Films du Vertbois (principally Jacques Scandelari). The genre met an untimely end with the advent of video, the last being made in 1983 'Mon Ami, Mon Amour (My Friend, my Lover)'.

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

When a Russian doctor (Patrizia Gori) falls foul of the Nazis, she finds herself imprisoned at Fort Stilberg, a luxury brothel for German top brass where the women are overseen by sadistic SS officer Helga Hortz (Jacqueline Laurent). The doctor's medical skills bring her to the attention of Nazi Lieutenant Erik Mueller (Jack Taylor), who saves the lovely lady from becoming one of the establishment's 'hostesses' by assigning her to the infirmary.

When an important cache of seized heroin is stolen from a regional customs depot and two officers left dead, it becomes clear that there is a mole within the customs services. Commandant Sandra Longo, of internal affairs, is dispatched from Paris to unmask the traitor.

At 25 years old, Jean-Christophe Markovich is at the top of his career as a professional basketball player. Though courted by the most prestigious teams in Europe, Jean-Christophe surprisingly decides to join his former club which has recently been promoted to the highest level. His ultimate goal ? The French national team.

Vincent, Marie and their son have just moved from Paris into a farm near a small town in the south of France. He is a history and geography teacher, who looks forward to a quieter life, some kind of return to nature. His wife, a renowned international pianist, who retired in spite of her young age, has decided to follow him but almost unwillingly. From the very beginning, Thibault, one of Vincent's students, invades his family and slowly the couple, whose desires seem now so far away, falls apart. But Thibault's intentions are not at all motivated by love. And he will do anything to achieve his goal...

To improve the morale of the German officers, a train with beautiful girls is arranged to entertain them when on leave.

The SS puts a slutty nightclub singer in charge of a train car full of prostitutes whose "services" are reserved solely for Adolf Hitler.

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

A detailed account of the techniques and mechanics of prostitution - Meyer is a philosophy student who supplements her grant, gains insight, and gets laid simultaneously.

Heirs to a family fortune are invited to a Corsican villa, where sex and murder are always lurking around the corner.

Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.

Carol runs a hotel where one of the guests, her lover Mathias is a scientist who has invented a pill which can induce instant euphoria and sexual stimulation. Claude is keen to market the pill, but while Mathias is considering this proposition, he finds Carol making love to Lucy, and in his anger, he destroys the formula.

Frédéric sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest, aided by four female vampires, to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.

A newspaper editor wants to sell more newspapers using sex crimes as a way to attract more readers.

A gorgeous young woman discovers that her vagina has developed a life and a voice of its own. Unable to control her lower half, she finds herself forced to embark on a quest for the ultimate orgasm, and maybe, a cure for her strange problem.

Through a letter to her sweetheart, Dolly recalls their over the top sexual overflows. Steaming flashbacks and tender memories interweave.

Jack returns home to discover that his wife Jane has left. While the housemaid is having her way with a man, he overhears that she won't be back soon. Concerned, he heads to the bar he frequents and learns from the bartender that Jane departed for Africa with Danier, a friend of the bartender. Jack shows his intent to seek her there. The bartender convinces him to travel with seasoned swinger-type Anne who was born in Africa and is experienced in dealing with Africans. (Sylvia Bourdon sucking on Madou Sall, Ingrid d'Eve with similar treatment on Alban Ceray.)

Gina and Natassja fall into the clique of a treasure seeker. In breathtaking scenes, it is shown how both inexperienced girls reveal her addiction to cruel sex and show all conceivable perversions without hindrance ...

A pornographic filmmaker dies, and his last will and testament is shown to his survivors in the form of a self-made film. In the film, he tells them that he is going to show them a porn "loop" (short film) that contains clues to the location of his fortune, and whoever solves the mystery and finds the hidden treasure will get his entire fortune. In this way, the lucky winner will avoid paying an inheritance tax.

Marie-Madeleine is a shopgirl who, at the persuasion of her lecherous boss, has begun exchanging sexual favors with the store's most affluent clientele. After being fired for refusing one of her customer's advances, she finds solace in a squalid bar, which turns out to be a haven for prostitutes. Deciding to try her hand at the profession once again, but this time on her own terms, Marie is quickly immersed into a world of increasingly debauched and hedonistic experiences which soon threaten to destroy her in body and soul.

Paul and Gabriel meet in front of the Château de Vincennes. Paul is arrogant, domineering and cavalier while Gabriel is gentle, helpful and conciliatory. Despite their differences in character, they decide to “settle down”. After an orgy and sex with gigolos in a hotel, is Paul, who has always considered himself a hardened worker, now tempted by sodomy? An early homo social and domestic patterns or paid love.