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I Am Frigid... Why?

Original title: Je suis frigide... pourquoi?
  • 1972
  • R
  • 1h 39m
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4.1/10
242
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I Am Frigid... Why? (1972)
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Doris, forcibly initiated into incest by brother Eric and sister-in-law Carla, seeks to overcome her trauma through diverse sexual encounters.Doris, forcibly initiated into incest by brother Eric and sister-in-law Carla, seeks to overcome her trauma through diverse sexual encounters.Doris, forcibly initiated into incest by brother Eric and sister-in-law Carla, seeks to overcome her trauma through diverse sexual encounters.

  • Director
    • Max Pécas
  • Writer
    • Max Pécas
  • Stars
    • Sandra Julien
    • Marie-Georges Pascal
    • Jean-Luc Terrade
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    242
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    • Director
      • Max Pécas
    • Writer
      • Max Pécas
    • Stars
      • Sandra Julien
      • Marie-Georges Pascal
      • Jean-Luc Terrade
    • 1User review
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Sandra Julien
    • Doris
    Marie-Georges Pascal
    • Carla Chambon
    • (as Marie Pascal)
    Jean-Luc Terrade
    • Eric Chambon
    • (as John Terrade)
    Anne Kerylen
    • Eva
    Thierry Murzeau
    • Luc
    • (as Terry Murzeau)
    Virginie Vignon
    • Patricia
    Catherine Wagener
    • Léa
    Robert Lombard
    • Monsieur Chambon
    Arlette Poirier
    Arlette Poirier
    • Madame Chambon
    Frédérique Aubrée
    • Lina
    • (as Frederick Aubree)
    Joëlle Coeur
    Joëlle Coeur
    Stephane Machanovitch
    Gilda Arancio
    • Une fille fouettée
    • (uncredited)
    André Cassan
      Colette Castel
        Daniel Derval
        • Un acteur de la troupe
        • (uncredited)
        Georges Guéret
        • André, le père de Doris
        • (uncredited)
        Stéphane Macha
        • Le client fesseur
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Max Pécas
        • Writer
          • Max Pécas
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        4goblinhairedguy

        frigidity ain't erotic

        Despite the presence of Sandra Julien (of "Frisson des vampires" fame), this is a tepid exercise in picturesque eroticism. It made sense to base a film on nymphomania (see Pecas's superior "I am a Nymphomaniac, also with SJ"), but what can you do with frigidity? The most interesting scenes are the campy theatrical pieces, a la Jesus Franco, which are premised by the fact that one of the heroine's boyfriends is a stage director. And the film's attitude toward rape is howlingly politically incorrect nowadays (the girl subconsciously wanted it, according to her psychiatrist.)

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        • Trivia
          Final film of Arlette Poirier.
        • Alternate versions
          The film was released in France with a running time of ~97 minutes. Audubon Films released the film in the United States with trims to dialogue and pacing. Although the U.S. version only ran ~94 minutes it including an alternate take of the protagonist's thunderstorm encounter with her roommate - the French version darkens the scene - but also extended footage shot for the film but not used in the French version including a five-and-a-half minute S&M stage performance and roughly five minutes encompassing two additional vignettes during the protagonist's time as a call girl involving a man treated like a dog and a lesbian threesome. They also reissued this version as "Let Me Love You". The American version also features some different music choices from the export dub (including repeated use of a library track also used in Audubon distributor/director Radley Metzger's film Score). The Mondo Macabro and 88 Films HD master incorporates the two call girl vignettes footage from the negative but the other material only survives on videotape (which the former includes in context in the extras).
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        • Release date
          • April 12, 1974 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • France
        • Language
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Let Me Love You
        • Filming locations
          • Paris, France
        • Production company
          • Les Films du Griffon
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 39m(99 min)
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.66 : 1

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