Éducation anglaise

The French seem to know how to make sex comedies such as this although it should be noted that there is not much comedy here. Writer/director Jean-Claude Roy has gone to town on this one with high production values such as period settings and props. The title supposedly refers to the English method of education with copious beatings at the most minor of misdemeanours - maybe he took Tom Brown's Schooldays to heart or perhaps he saw the old British TV series, Whacko! Anyone remember Jimmy Edwards? Anyway, into this school comes recently orphaned Sylvie Dumarcay (Obaya Roberts).

Sylvie has been sent to this school by her uncle in order to get her out of the way so he can pursue his libidinous lifestyle but that does not mean that Sylvie is immune from his attention: watch as he helps Sylvie down from the train - no opportunity is missed by this uncle. The school is also a hotbed of passion amongst the girls who all seem to be played by voluptuous twenty year olds. The cruelty knows no bounds here with one girl having to behave like a dog and a chariot race in which the girls are hitched up to chariots and made to race round an arena. What is also strange is the deputy head who is the most obvious transvestite ever committed to screen and yet nobody notices. A lot of strange things go on at this school but the French have a way of filming these things. Give this one a go.