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Histoire d'O
The Story of O
Die Geschichte der O
France / West Germany 1975
produced by
Gérard Lorin, Éric Rochat for A.D. Creation, S.N. Prodis, Terra Filmkunst, Yang Films
directed by Just Jaeckin
starring Corinne Clery, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Jean Gaven, Christiane Minazzoli, Martine Kelly, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Gabriel Cattand, Li Sellgren, Albane Navizet, Nadine Perles, Laure Moutoussamy, Henri Piégay, Alain Noury, Jehanne Blaise (= Florence Cayrol), Eva Carson, Sylvie Olivier, Bernard Jeantet, Jean-Francois Mathieu, Stéphane Macha, Vladimir Brajovic, Judith Novak, Gabriel Briand
screenplay by Sébastian Japriosot, based on the novel by Dominique Aury (as Pauline Réage), music by Pierre Bachelet
Story of O
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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O (Corinne Clery) is already pretty obedient to her boyfriend René
(Udo Kier), but to turn her into the perfect submissive, René still sees
it fit that she is sent to a special house in Roissy, where women are
whipped, taken by a variety of men (often in gangbangs) and degraded until
they become perfect lofeslaves. O undergoes all this out of love to René,
and each whipping, gangbang and degradation (she thinks) brings her closer
to him.
Once back out, she really is his perfect loveslave, but then he starts
renting her out to Sir Stephen (Anthony Steel), a man whom O detests at
first, while René shows more and more interest into one of O's models,
Jacqueline (Li Sellgren). Soon, René's plan becomes obvious: He wants O
to soften up Jacqueline for him while O is supposed to become the
loveslave of Sir Stephen. By now though O is so much of a submissive that
she doesn't complain one bit, instead does as she's told - to a point
where she seduces Jacqueline in René's bed, while for Sir Stephen she
enters another, er, educatinal facility, Anne-Marie's (Christiane
Minazzoli) house, where she learns even more about being a submissive and
is ultimately even branded.
Once back from that place, O is so much of a submissive that she even
dem,ands to be whipped, to scare off Ivan (Alain Noury), a young, innocent
and squarre man who wants to take her away from all this.
At the end of the film, O has found happiness with Sir Stephen, and she
sends Jacqueline to the house in Roissy, where she is to be broken in for
René ...
A typical piece of 1970's high-gloss erotica (of which director Just
Jaeckin made quite a few, see e.g. Emmanuelle),
that tries to hide its inherent sleaze behind a tasteful facade, posh
sets, perfect lighting and (hilariously absurd) erotic philosophy. Somehow
though, sleaze is sleaze by any name, and all attempts to hide that
are simply ridiculous (but not necessarily in a good way). That this film
fares a bit better than other similar fare (e.g. above mentioned Emmanuelle)
is mainly due to the fact that Corinne Clery - though not much of an
actress - looks ravishing in this one, and the audience gets many chances
to see her nude. Of course, that's not enough to carry the film ... but
believe me, it's better than nothing.
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