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Romance (Romance X) is a 1999 French arthouse film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. It stars Caroline Ducey, Rocco Siffredi, Sagamore Stévenin and François Berléand. The film features explicit copulation scenes,[3] especially one showing Ducey's coitus with Siffredi. Romance is one of several arthouse films featuring explicit, unsimulated sex, along with The Brown Bunny (2003), 9 Songs (2004)[4] and All About Anna (2005).

Romance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Catherine Breillat
Written by	Catherine Breillat
Produced by	Jean-François Lepetit
Starring	Caroline Ducey Sagamore Stévenin François Berléand Rocco Siffredi
Cinematography	Yorgos Arvanitis
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	Raphaël Tidas DJ Valentin
Distributed by	Rézo Films
Release date	17 April 1999 (1999-04-17) (France)
Running time	99 minutes[1]
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$2.7 million
Box office	$3.9 million[2]

Plot

A young woman named Marie (Ducey) lives with her boyfriend, Paul (Stévenin), who refuses to have sex with her. She searches for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations. She has a sexual relationship with Paolo (Siffredi), whom she meets in a bar. Her frustration also drives her to a series of relationships, until she engages in sadomasochism with an older man.

Cast

• Caroline Ducey as Marie
• Sagamore Stévenin as Paul
• François Berléand as Robert
• Rocco Siffredi as Paolo
• Ashley Wanninger as Ashley
• Emma Colberti as Charlotte
• Fabien de Jomaron as Claude

Production

In an interview with The Post, Catherine Breillat appeared to confirm the rumors of actual on-set sex. "An actor never pretends," she said. "At the same time, I'm not perverse. I don't impose on my actors or actresses any more than is absolutely necessary. But I don't pretend. I don't simulate. The deal was, we'd go as far as we had to, as far as the film required."[5]

Broadcasting and ratings

In Europe, Romance was shown in mainstream cinemas; in the United States, it was reduced to a mainstream-acceptable R rating, and the European original version is un-rated. In the UK, the BBFC passed the film uncut for cinemas, though home releases suffered a brief cut to an ejaculation shot. In March 2004, the original version was broadcast, late-night on German public television. In Australia, the original version of Romance was broadcast uncut on the cable television network World Movies.^{[citation needed]} The film was initially refused classification in Australia, before it was awarded an R18+ on appeal.[6] It single-handedly paved the way for actual sex to be accommodated in the R18+ classification in Australia.[6]

In Canada, particularly in Alberta and the Maritimes, the sexuality was seen as gratuitous to the film and it was given an A rating and XXX rating in those regions.[7][8] In June 2008, in the Netherlands, the original version of Romance was broadcast on Dutch public TV by VPRO as one of a series of Erotica art house cinema.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Sadism and masochism in fiction
• Unsimulated sex

References

External links

• Romance at IMDb
• Romance at AllMovie
• Romance at Box Office Mojo
• Romance at Metacritic
• Romance at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Romance XXX

Romance XXX (Alternativtitel: Romance und Romance X) mit dem Untertitel Was wissen Sie über Männer? ist ein Film von Catherine Breillat aus dem Jahr 1999.

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- [en] Romance (1999 film)

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