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    Story Of O, The (1975)

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    storyofo_004This tale of a woman who becomes a willing slave to the men she loves was banned in the UK for 25 years though it’s debatable these days as to what’s more shocking – Corinne Cléry’s sexual subservience or Udo Kier’s flared Cerruti trousers.

    Dramatising the controversial sadomasochistic novel by Pauline Réage, Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin takes a dreamy, soft-focus, shampoo commercial approach to the sexual content, though it remains eye-opening.

    The addition of then-fashionable feminism – by withstanding all the pain and humiliation her lovers dish out, O proves herself stronger than they are – barely excuses the exploitative tableaux.

    However, Jaeckin’s often unintentionally funny erotic epic stands as a 1970s landmark that blurred the soft- and hard-core imagery of its “anything goes” era.

    The Story of O makes Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) look like a romantic fairytale.

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    O, a photographer
    Corinne Cléry
    René
    Udo Kier
    Sir Stephen H
    Anthony Steel
    Pierre, O’s valet
    Jean Gaven
    Anne-Marie
    Christiane Minazzoli
    Thérèse
    Martine Kelly
    Eric, Master III
    Jean-Pierre Andréani

    Director
    Just Jaeckin

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