Le libertin

Played as farce, this quasi-realist setup of Diderot and friends running a semi-secret printing press for his "scandalous" encyclopaedia is great fun.

One could really see this as a french equivalent to a "Carry On.." film, as it relies more on the ensemble casting than on one major player and, for the most part, everyone does their bit. Absurdist fans will love the "pig organ" and the general puncturing of pomposity all round.

Perez himself seems admirably unfazed by long sequences of full-frontal nudity and is supported more briefly by some of the female cast (notably Vahina Giocante) although it's a long way from being a "sex comedy" - just rude.