Jean-François Davy

In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont

On 6 December 2013, a public exhibition dedicated to her memory, Bernadette Lafont l'exposition hommage, was held in Paris. Actors Stéphane Audran, Guillaume Gouix and Alexandra Stewart read some extracts of Bernard Bastide's new biography Bernadette Lafont, une vie de cinéma, including some original letters written by Bernadette. The event was filmed by Gérard Courant and aired as an episode of Carnets filmés, In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont.

Chasing the Muse

Jean-François Davy is a legendary French director of erotic cinema, whose work was among the most notable European adult film productions of the 1970s and 80s, particularly his documentaries on Parisian sexuality including Prostitution (1975), Les Pornocrates (1976), and the trilogy of Exhibition (1975), Exhibition 2 (1978), and Exhibition 79 (1979). After an absence of several years, Davy now returns to the erotic documentary genre that made him famous, only now he turns his probing camera on himself as well. Davy and his cameraman travel to the major cities of Eastern Europe – from Prague to Budapest, with stops in between – as the filmmaker searches for a beautiful muse to serve as the leading lady of his next carnal opus. As countless gorgeous young women undress to audition for the camera, Davy keeps looking for a girl with a special quality, and when he finds her, he also finds himself falling head over heels for her charms.

I Am Another

Haunted by lustful dreams, Marion becomes shocked when she finds that these are not dreams but sexual encounters with people around her! His obsession is to exorcise this double nymphomaniac who is rotting his life.

The Aubergine Is Well Stuffed

In L’AUBERGINE EST BIEN FARCIE, Cathy Duprey takes a job as a meter maid and immediately discovers that her sexy outfit drives men wild! With the help of her colleague, Mika Barthel, they walk the streets of Paris exchanging tickets for pleasure. A delightful slapstick comedy, co-starring Richard Allan, this 1981 classic is a rare X film recorded with live sound, allowing you to hear the real voices of the cast.

Exhibition 2

Following the first Exhibition, the famous documentary devoted to the porn actress Claudine Beccarie, Jean-François Davy returns with Exhibition 2. Exhibition 2 is an uncompromising portrait of actress Sylvia Bourdon, a follower of sadomasochism and an extreme, provocative and disturbing character.

Exhibition

A documentary about the French porn industry, focusing on French porn superstar Claudine Beccarie.

Clockwork Bananas

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from Gilles' secretary Irma, a former prostitute. They are assisted in the implementation by Max's wife Juliette and Sabine who is mad for Gilles. Unfortunately Gilles has fallen for Florence the daughter of the conservative Prime Minister and his wife. When the Prime Minister tries to shut down the brothel Gilles decides to stand against him in the election.

Line Up and Lay Down

Erotic comedy about an incorrigible womanizer whose lecherous love life becomes too much to handle. Things culminate when his jealous friends arrange for his fiancee and his mistresses to meet him at the same time.

5 Kittens

A 'gang' of five young women spend their days shoplifting, hitchhiking and having orgies.

Dirty Lovers

Pierre is a free-lance glamour photographer who always has to hassle his penny-pinching employer just to get paid while his bored spouse Françoise stays home all day, trying to keep up a semblance of housekeeping. A former model who has apparently done well for herself, Sylvie, makes a pass at Pierre and invites him to her house in the country for the weekend. Claiming an assignment to his unsuspecting spouse, he decides to take her up on it, only to learn that she too is married to the very open-minded Michel who even brings them breakfast in bed after a night of unbridled passion . As a lark, perhaps deciding that turnabout is fair play, Michel travels to Paris to console the lonely housewife, luring her into a threesome with a casual pick-up.