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The Porno King

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!

Top Cast

  • Benoît Archenoul

    Benoît Archenoul

    Self

  • Frédérique Barral

    Frédérique Barral

    Self

  • Claudine Beccarie

    Claudine Beccarie

    Self

  • Françoise Beccarie

    Françoise Beccarie

    Self

  • Sylvia Bourdon

    Sylvia Bourdon

    Self

  • Jean-Christophe Bouvet

    Jean-Christophe Bouvet

    Self

  • Marie-Christine Chireix

    Marie-Christine Chireix

    Self

  • Jocelyne Clairis

    Jocelyne Clairis

    Self

  • Michel Dauba

    Michel Dauba

    Self

Overview

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!

Rating

5.2 / 10
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