Vibrations Sexuelles (1977)
** (out of 4)
French adult movie from cult director Rollen is the second hardcore feature I've seen from him and like the other one, DISCOSEX, this one here is take it or leave it material that some die-hard fans might want to track down but I'm sure most, including the director, would rather just stick with his "other" pictures. I had to watch the film in French without subs so as much of the story I could pick up centered on a man who could no longer enjoy sex but that doesn't stop him from sleeping with every woman he gets around. Soon he finds the "one" that will get him back into the groove. Running a brief 75-minutes, the plot here really isn't too important and we don't get that much of it. Rollin handles the material quite well for what this is; a hardcore French film. I think Rollin does a good job in certain aspects but I'm not sure how actual hardcore film fans would see it. Quite often while watching the movie it seemed like the director was much more interested in everything else going on with the sex scenes just taking a seat in the back. The non-sex scenes seem to have been filmed with more quality and the sex scenes are usually done with a shaky cam as if no one actually wanted to film the scenes. The big news for Rollin fans is that Brigitte Lahaie would make her first appearance for the director here. She does a few quick scenes at the start of the film and then disappears but she certainly has that appeal that would eventually make her one of the biggest stars in France. The two would make more films together but this was the only hardcore one.
