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The Pleasure(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-07-31
44%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Overview:
Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard, all that is left of Leonora, the love of his life, are a number of erotic tape recordings. She led a double life as respectable wife and mother of two, and as a whore at the local brothel. Now, after her death, her children Ursula and Edmund pass under the tutelage of Gerard. Having not seen them for many years, he is utterly bewildered by Ursula's uncanny likeness to her mother. While Gerard's mistress Fiorella takes care of Edmund's sexual needs, Ursula follows the last instructions of her mother. In the process, she uses the legacy of her mother's recordings to get into the mindset of her relationship with Gerard. Is Gerard ready to find his lost love Leonora again... in the likeness of her very daughter?
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Filmirage
Movie: The Pleasure
Top 7 Billed Cast
Gabriele Tinti
Gerard Villeneuve
Andrea Guzon
Leonora / Ursula
Lilli Carati
Fiorella
Laura Gemser
Haunani
Dagmar Lassander
Rosa
Maurice Poli
Boris, lo stalliere (non accreditato)
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Overview
Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard, all that is left of Leonora, the love of his life, are a number of erotic tape recordings. She led a double life as respectable wife and mother of two, and as a whore at the local brothel. Now, after her death, her children Ursula and Edmund pass under the tutelage of Gerard. Having not seen them for many years, he is utterly bewildered by Ursula's uncanny likeness to her mother. While Gerard's mistress Fiorella takes care of Edmund's sexual needs, Ursula follows the last instructions of her mother. In the process, she uses the legacy of her mother's recordings to get into the mindset of her relationship with Gerard. Is Gerard ready to find his lost love Leonora again... in the likeness of her very daughter?
Release Date
1985-07-31
Average
4.4
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