Jacqueline Laurent

  • Marcel Carné – Le Jour se lève aka Daybreak (1939)

    1931-1940CrimeDramaFranceMarcel Carné

    Marcel Carné and Jacques Prevert’s classic of French poetic realism stars Jean Gabin in one of his most famous roles as François, a rough, barrel-chested loner who hides out in his apartment awaiting for the police to arrive.Read More »

  • Jesus Franco – Le Journal intime d’une nymphomane AKA Diary of a Nymphomaniac (1973)

    1971-1980CrimeCultFranceJesus Franco

    Linda Loves her work, and her work is LOVE…

    Linda comes to the big city in search of fun and excitement. What she finds is exploitation and abuse at the hands of a succession of sleazy guys. Searching for love, she enters into a lesbian relationship with a beautiful countess, discovers drugs and swingers’ parties and starts acting in porno movies. She also begins to write a secret diary… With a cast of some of the most stunning Euro actresses of the period, wall-to-wall sex and nudity, pot parties, porno shoots and a psychedelic soundtrack, this is a gem of 1970s exploitation cinema from Jess Franco. Street scenes shot in Benidorm (Alicante, Spain) and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain).Read More »

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