The Pleasure (1986)

  • 18
  • 01/01/1986 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 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?

Joe D'Amato

Director

Claudio Fragasso

Story, Writer

Nicolas Edme Rétif de La Bretonne

Novel

Cast

Gabriele Tinti's headshot

Gabriele Tinti

Gerard Villeneuve
Andrea Guzon's headshot

Andrea Guzon

Leonora / Ursula
Lilli Carati's headshot

Lilli Carati

Fiorella
Marco Mattioli's headshot

Marco Mattioli

Edmund
Laura Gemser's headshot

Laura Gemser

Haunani
Dagmar Lassander's headshot

Dagmar Lassander

Rosa
Maurice Poli's headshot

Maurice Poli

Boris, lo stalliere (non accreditato)

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