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A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.
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Francis Selleck
- Production Manager
- (as Francis Seleck)
Claire Monatte
- The other make-up artist
- (as Claire Monnatte)
Alfredo 'Alebé' Ramalho
- A grip
- (as Alfredo Ramalho)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaMany of the crew perform their own jobs as the crew within the film.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Brows Held High: The Anatomy of Hell (2012)
- SoundtracksA Sombra
(Pedro Ayres Magalhães (as Pedro Ayres Magalhaes))
Performed by Madredeus
from the album "Os dias de Madredeus"
(p) 1988 EMI
Valentin de Carvalho Mustica, Lda
Avec l'aimable autorisation de EMI Music France
(c) Delabel Editions
Avec l'aimable autorisation de Delabel Editions
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I had certain expectations when reading the title of this movie. No, I didn't think it would be a porn movie, but I hoped it would be a light-footed comedy about relations and sex. But big was my surprise when I actually saw it. It hasn't much to do with comedy or relationships. It's about Jeanne, a female film director who has a lot of troubles with her two main actors. They both hate each other, but are asked to play a difficult sex scene together. She has written and created the scene and knows exactly what she wants but she isn't able to make them do it right...
If you ask yourself why this movie has such a confusing title then, I'll explain to you what might have happened. Even though this is a French movie with French dialogs, the title is in English. However, I guess they have translated the title too literally. In French it would be something like: "Sex, c'est jouer la comédie", which could be translated as "Sex is faking it". That would make a lot more sense, because the actors have to pretend they like each other and that they like to have sex together while in reality they can't stand each other and don't want to do it.
The main problem that I had with this movie was that much didn't happen. It was all talking, talking and even more talking. I'm not saying that I wanted a big sex scene or a huge car chase, but this movie just seemed to drag on eternally, without offering something special. Normally I like European movies, but this one really didn't do it for me. Somehow I couldn't really care for the different characters, even though they didn't do a bad job. I give this movie a 6/10.
If you ask yourself why this movie has such a confusing title then, I'll explain to you what might have happened. Even though this is a French movie with French dialogs, the title is in English. However, I guess they have translated the title too literally. In French it would be something like: "Sex, c'est jouer la comédie", which could be translated as "Sex is faking it". That would make a lot more sense, because the actors have to pretend they like each other and that they like to have sex together while in reality they can't stand each other and don't want to do it.
The main problem that I had with this movie was that much didn't happen. It was all talking, talking and even more talking. I'm not saying that I wanted a big sex scene or a huge car chase, but this movie just seemed to drag on eternally, without offering something special. Normally I like European movies, but this one really didn't do it for me. Somehow I couldn't really care for the different characters, even though they didn't do a bad job. I give this movie a 6/10.
- philip_vanderveken
- Apr 11, 2005
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- Also known as
- Ayıp yatakta olur
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,470
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,370
- Oct 24, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $411,830
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