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Released on a double bill with the director's comparatively more elaborate SACRE COLLEGE! as the third installment of the Cadinot classics DVD's, grouping his half hour and one hour movies from the early '80s, the disarmingly simple CHARMANTS COUSINS proves the perfect companion to that minor masterpiece. Incorporating a narrative within the narrative, with the past reflected in the present, makes for an elegantly minimalist story structure that allows Cadinot to fully focus on the tantalizing sexual situations he's so adept at setting up. Concise six guy cast also effortlessly enables a more intimate atmosphere than on subsequent bigger if not necessarily better endeavors.
Adorably wide-eyed Alexandre del Faro (whose only other credit's for COLLEGE) falls prey to faux bumbling waiter Frédéric Lemaire spilling hot chocolate all over his shorts as a prelude to seduction. Hunky Lemaire found himself frequently cast as the (slightly) older corrupter of innocence, perhaps most memorably in JEU DE PISTES a/k/a SCOUTS 2. Confused by the whole experience, del Faro seeks solace from fellow student Franck Emmanuel whose endearingly lascivious presence equally graced both AGE TENDRE ET SEXES DROITS a/k/a COMING SOON and DEUXIEME SOUS-SOL a/k/a STREET SMART, the latter marking something of an unexpected comeback a full four years later. Gently manipulative, Emmanuel regales his naive cohort with the tale of how he spent his summer vacation, making out with his country cousins !
Movie's entire mid-section's taken up by this rural idyll as feisty Franck partakes of the charms of both elder and more experienced Diego Quinto (from the original 30 minute SCOUTS) and his charmingly gauche kid brother Pierre Buisson who had wowed queer audiences in the sizzling showcase AIME...COMME MINET a/k/a ALL OF ME when he had just turned 18 the year before. Ingenious use of available props like ladder, haystack and even an improvised sling makes for a literal barn burner. Note that Emmanuel only has separate one on one encounters with each cousin. Rightfully assuming that his minimalist plot would be too lightweight to accommodate an element as tawdry as incest, albeit presented as safe porn fantasy, Cadinot wisely steers clear of it on this occasion.
After a leisurely build-up, a game of strip poker involving all three cousins and their hapless buddy Philippe Amar reaches a full boil as the latter, a most memorable one shot, is the first to wind up without a stitch, not so much forced as enthusiastically encouraged to demonstrate his amazing self-suck abilities prior to receiving rectal reaming from the riled up trio. Cadinot's fabled knack for capturing penetration in graphic detail is extensively evidenced once again.
Back in the present, Franck feels the need to cool down from his randy reminiscences by taking a shower in plain view of his awestruck listener who's soon invited to join for an intricately photographed tryst with pleasingly sophisticated mirror effects augmenting excitement by maximizing visibility. As in previous scenes, chemistry's palpable, drawing this slight scenario to a satisfying close. An unassuming little trifle within the Cadinot canon, yet presented with the casting perfection and technical prowess that were to become his trademarks, this holds up better than many of his later overblown efforts.
Adorably wide-eyed Alexandre del Faro (whose only other credit's for COLLEGE) falls prey to faux bumbling waiter Frédéric Lemaire spilling hot chocolate all over his shorts as a prelude to seduction. Hunky Lemaire found himself frequently cast as the (slightly) older corrupter of innocence, perhaps most memorably in JEU DE PISTES a/k/a SCOUTS 2. Confused by the whole experience, del Faro seeks solace from fellow student Franck Emmanuel whose endearingly lascivious presence equally graced both AGE TENDRE ET SEXES DROITS a/k/a COMING SOON and DEUXIEME SOUS-SOL a/k/a STREET SMART, the latter marking something of an unexpected comeback a full four years later. Gently manipulative, Emmanuel regales his naive cohort with the tale of how he spent his summer vacation, making out with his country cousins !
Movie's entire mid-section's taken up by this rural idyll as feisty Franck partakes of the charms of both elder and more experienced Diego Quinto (from the original 30 minute SCOUTS) and his charmingly gauche kid brother Pierre Buisson who had wowed queer audiences in the sizzling showcase AIME...COMME MINET a/k/a ALL OF ME when he had just turned 18 the year before. Ingenious use of available props like ladder, haystack and even an improvised sling makes for a literal barn burner. Note that Emmanuel only has separate one on one encounters with each cousin. Rightfully assuming that his minimalist plot would be too lightweight to accommodate an element as tawdry as incest, albeit presented as safe porn fantasy, Cadinot wisely steers clear of it on this occasion.
After a leisurely build-up, a game of strip poker involving all three cousins and their hapless buddy Philippe Amar reaches a full boil as the latter, a most memorable one shot, is the first to wind up without a stitch, not so much forced as enthusiastically encouraged to demonstrate his amazing self-suck abilities prior to receiving rectal reaming from the riled up trio. Cadinot's fabled knack for capturing penetration in graphic detail is extensively evidenced once again.
Back in the present, Franck feels the need to cool down from his randy reminiscences by taking a shower in plain view of his awestruck listener who's soon invited to join for an intricately photographed tryst with pleasingly sophisticated mirror effects augmenting excitement by maximizing visibility. As in previous scenes, chemistry's palpable, drawing this slight scenario to a satisfying close. An unassuming little trifle within the Cadinot canon, yet presented with the casting perfection and technical prowess that were to become his trademarks, this holds up better than many of his later overblown efforts.
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