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Surrogate Romance

Original title: La donneuse
  • 1976
  • R
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
109
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Surrogate Romance (1976)
Drama

A wealthy Frenchman falls for the woman who's carrying his and his wife's baby. His wife takes her revenge when she discovers the affair.A wealthy Frenchman falls for the woman who's carrying his and his wife's baby. His wife takes her revenge when she discovers the affair.A wealthy Frenchman falls for the woman who's carrying his and his wife's baby. His wife takes her revenge when she discovers the affair.

  • Director
    • Jean-Marie Pallardy
  • Writer
    • Jean-Marie Pallardy
  • Stars
    • Willeke van Ammelrooy
    • Beba Loncar
    • Jean-Marie Pallardy
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    109
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Marie Pallardy
    • Writer
      • Jean-Marie Pallardy
    • Stars
      • Willeke van Ammelrooy
      • Beba Loncar
      • Jean-Marie Pallardy
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Willeke van Ammelrooy
    Willeke van Ammelrooy
    • Sylvia van Loy
    Beba Loncar
    Beba Loncar
    • Françoise
    Jean-Marie Pallardy
    • Jean-Paul
    Bernard Musson
    Bernard Musson
    • Le Forestier
    Jacques Insermini
    • Le docteur
    André Koob
    • Michel
    Louise Allard
    Isabelle Copejans
      Guy de Len
        Jean Luisi
        • Le chef de chantier
        • (as Jean Luisy)
        Gilbert Servien
          Pierre Valery
          Rutger Hauer
          Rutger Hauer
          Pim de la Parra
          Georges Dobange
            Jean Gillard
              • Director
                • Jean-Marie Pallardy
              • Writer
                • Jean-Marie Pallardy
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              GIALLO-1

              Lost French Classic

              Amazingly, I was able to track down this impossible to find film through a online ebay dealer from Italy, making my uncut print dubbed in Italian. The truth be told, there is a 30 second clip of a very young and mustached 'RUTGER HAUER' hanging out behind the bar and flirting with the barmaid.The film itself is a erotic ride through time, beautifully scored and quite dramatic for the era. The very sexy 'BEBE LONCAR' looks outstanding and will keep you well occupied for the entire film. Don't miss this one if your LUCKY enough to come across a copy on a old obscure eurocine VHS-pal label, you wont regret it. 8 out of 10. DUNGEONS OF NEW JERSEY.
              5RodrigAndrisan

              A very simple story

              I wanted to watch this because I've seen that Rutger Hauer is in the cast. But, he has such a minor role, he appears just a few seconds. The film is not completely bad but is very boring. It has very beautiful music though. Who put as plot keywords "lesbian", "double penetration", "ejaculation in mouth", "69 sex position", "anal sex", "blowjob", "female masturbation", "threesome", "hardcore", is a liar, you will not see that in this film.
              1MartianJim

              Not for Hauer Fans!

              The chief reason one might want to see this deservedly obscure film is to check out Rutger Hauer in his early days. However, Hauer fans, be advised that the actor is not really "in" this film. In fact, Hauer himself denies ever having met the director, let alone having participated in the making of "La Donneuse". Evidently what transpired is that the director took a camera and surreptitiously caught Hauer in candid shots (à la Steve Martin vis-à-vis Eddie Murphy in "Bowfinger") and then added the images of Hauer to the film without the star's knowledge.

              Perhaps then there is a reason to see this white elephant other than Hauer: it could be the true life inspiration for "Bowfinger". Just don't go hunting it down or paying a fortune for it in auction in expectation of something with Rutger Hauer "in" it.

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              • Trivia
                Italian censorship visa # 67935 delivered on 17 February 1976.
              • Alternate versions
                This film was lately released in France under the title 'Tremblements de chair' ('Shivering Flesh'), sliced with X-rated extra shots. These porn sequences being over long, the original film had heavily been cut, and only 40 minutes of it remain in this X-rated version. According to "La Saison Cinématographique 1980", the X-rated sequences, anonymously shot, could be the work of director Michel Baudricourt.
              • Connections
                Edited into Tremblements de chair (1979)

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              • Release date
                • 1976 (Belgium)
              • Countries of origin
                • Belgium
                • France
              • Language
                • French
              • Also known as
                • Loan a Lover
              • Filming locations
                • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
              • Production companies
                • Eurafi
                • Les Films J.M.P.
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              • Runtime
                • 1h 14m(74 min)
              • Sound mix
                • Mono

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