Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Justine Triet's In Bed with Victoria (2016) is showing from January 30 - March 1, 2018 in most countries around the world as part of the series From France with Love.Whether grounded in reality or otherwise, the perception of France as a more sexually liberated nation has proved the driving force behind a wave of French comedies in recent years, and the justification for all kinds of transgressions rarely seen in other national cinemas. Structured around sex, these films typically display characters at the mercy of their own lust. Couples switch partners several times across the same film, men cheat on their wives, women take younger lovers. But where Hollywood romantic comedies for the most part center around a search for a 'true love' which extends beyond physical pleasure, French sex comedies adopt an often decidedly cynical stance when it comes to romance,...
- 1/28/2018
- MUBI
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