A long time before Claude Berri directed his international art house hits JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING, he made this unique, sensitive, and often very funny picture about a bookstore owner, Claude (played by Berri), whose business is on the brink of failure. His wife, Isabelle
(Juliet Berto), spends money carelessly and doesn't seem to enjoy being married, or being mother to their two children. Not only is Claude facing financial ruin, but his life is sexually and romantically bankrupt. Then, one day, he is given the opportunity to convert his bookstore into a Sex Shop
that sells instructional manuals, films, leather outfits, and a variety of novelties....
Released:
1972
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins