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The Pleasure
The Pleasure
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The Pleasure

Original Title: Il Piacere

1985
1h 33m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1985

Runtime

1h 33m

Storyline

Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard, all that is left of Leonora, the love of his life, are a number of erotic tape recordings. She led a double life as respectable wife and mother of two, and as a whore at the local brothel. Now, after her death, her children Ursula and Edmund pass under the tutelage of Gerard. Having not seen them for many years, he is utterly bewildered by Ursula's uncanny likeness to her mother. While Gerard's mistress Fiorella takes care of Edmund's sexual needs, Ursula follows the last instructions of her mother. In the process, she uses the legacy of her mother's recordings to get into the mindset of her relationship with Gerard. Is Gerard ready to find his lost love Leonora again... in the likeness of her very daughter?

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Jul 31, 1985
Languages
Italian
Director
Joe D'Amato
Joe D'Amato
Production
Filmirage
Filmirage
Production Countries
Italy

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

Gabriele Tinti

Gabriele Tinti

Gerard Villeneuve

Andrea Guzon

Andrea Guzon

Leonora / Ursula

Lilli Carati

Lilli Carati

Fiorella

Marco Mattioli

Edmund

Laura Gemser

Laura Gemser

Haunani

Dagmar Lassander

Dagmar Lassander

Rosa

Maurice Poli

Maurice Poli

Boris, lo stalliere (non accreditato)

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