When French provocateuse Catherine Breillat started mulling over the discomforts and absurdities of filming explicit erotic sequences for her astringently nonpornographic FAT GIRL (2001), the result was SEX IS COMEDY (2002). Compatriot Jean-Claude Brisseau's fictionalized look at the making of his SECRET THINGS (2002), a brimstone-tinged fable about economics and eros, finds only tragedy.
Brisseau's fictional stand-in — successful, married Francois (Frederic van den Driessche) — is in the middle of auditioning actresses for an erotic thriller; they must, among other things, demonstrate their "potential for exhibitionism" by masturbating on camera. A post...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins