Les Bas de soie noire (1981) ;
Released: 1981
Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert as Burd Tranbaree
Actresses
* Cathy Stewart plays Julie, a maid
* Christine Black plays Patricia
* Dominique Saint Claire plays Judith, Vincent’s wife
* Elisabeth Bure plays Jeanette, a maid
* Laura Clair plays party guest
* Mika Barthel plays a party guest [anal, DP]
* Nadine Roussial as Christina Maffei, plays a party guest
* Nicole Segaud as Nicole Genoux, plays a party guest
* XNK0946, a party guest
Males
* Ghislain Van Hove plays Vincent
* Richard Lemieuvre plays Victor, a servant
* Guy Royer plays Albert, a servant
* Hubert Geral plays Bernard, a party guest
* Gabriel Pontello plays Jean-Louis, a party guest
* Dominique Aveline plays Bertrand, a party guest
* Cyril Val plays a party guest
* Piotr Stanislas plays a party guest
* unknown blonde male, a party guest
Patricia’s mother sends her daughter into the hands of Vincent — a married man who shares his life between his piano and lovely maids — in order to give her an education (a sex education). Jeannette, a maid, puts Patricia on the right track by letting her witness the hot parties given by Vincent, from behind a one-way mirror. At these events, the women are dressed in black silk stockings. Things continue in this way until one evening when Patricia, dressed in black, gets to the other side of the mirror to join them.
Scene 1 Cathy Stewart, Elisabeth Bure, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 2 Dominique St Claire, Ghislain Van Hove
Scene 3 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bure
Scene 4 Nicole Segaud, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 5 Dominique St Claire, Gabriel Pontello, Nicole Segaud
Scene 6 Christine Black, Guy Royer, Hubert Geral, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 7 Mika Barthel, Hubert Geral, Piotr Stanislas
Scene 8 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bure
Scene 9 Christine Black, Elisabeth Bure, Ghislain Van Hove, Richard Lemieuvre
Scene 10 Cathy Stewart, Christine Black, Dominique St Claire, Elisabeth Bure, Laura Clair, Nadine Roussial, XNK0946, Cyril Val, Dominique Aveline, Ghislain Van Hove, Guy Royer, Hubert Geral, Richard Lemieuvre, unknown blonde guy
This film is remarkable in many ways, not least of which is for the consistently hot sex scenes. There are familiar French themes of exhibitionism and voyeurism, but these are taken to new levels of sophistication and cleverness beyond any film i’ve seen.
There are no Brigitte Lahaie or Marilyn Jess superstars here, but there are many of the best French porn stars of the golden age — a veritable who’s who of French porn.
There is a nice mix of veterans and lesser-knowns, and some of the leading stars of the 70s take a back seat to the up and coming fresh faces.
Christine Black had already appeared in a few loops and minor roles, but here she is given a major role and a chance to really show her stuff. She was an under-appreciated and lesser-known actress, but this film reveals her special charms beautifully.
Nicole Segaud was also a relative newcomer, yet she had already appeared in several major roles the previous year (1980), e.g. in Cecilia; Le Femme objet; Lucrece; Une Photographe tres speciale; and Tendres souvenirs aka Sinnliche Sehnsucht. Here she is the center of a hot 3-way with Dominique St Claire and Gabriel Pontello.
Dominique St Claire (the female) was already a veteran of French porn, but appears unusually quiet and submissive here (she often played strong characters, especially dominating bitches), yet she’s as sexy as i’ve ever seen her.
Mika Barthel is another late 70s-early 80s regular, often in supporting roles, who gets one very hot scene here. Mika shows just how seductively charming she can be, and also how daring: she gets sandwiched and DP’ed by Pjotr Stanislas and Hubert Geral.
Most of the actresses are classicly beautiful, but we can learn a lot from the few who are not, like Elisabeth Bure. I put her in the same category as Samantha Fox: both are far from gorgeous, with somewhat plain features, but they are both dynamic actresses and very sexy. Elisabeth gets a major role here as the maid who takes the “teenage” Christine under her wing, seducing her and also tutoring her in the ways of sex. Even if you don’t find her physically attractive, pay attention to the way Elisabeth handles and seduces Christine, and try to appreciate how sexy she is regardless of her plain looks.
