- Lady Libertine
Infobox_Film
name = Lady Libertine
caption = "Lady Libertine" DVD cover
imdb_id = 0087287
amg_id = 1:18442
director =Gérard Kikoïne
writer =Harry Alan Towers
starring =Christopher Pearson Jennifer Inch Sophie Favier Alain Dumaurier
producer =Wilfrid Dodd
Harry Alan Towers
music = Marc Hillman
cinematography = Gérard Loubeau
distributor =Playboy Enterprises
released = 1983
runtime = 83 mn
mpaa_rating = Rated R
country =United Kingdom
language = English"Lady Libertine" (also known as "Frank and I") is a 1983 soft core erotic
film byGérard Kikoïne . This Playboy production, released theatrically in Europe and on television in the US, is an adaptation of the Victorian novel (1902) "Frank and I" byBill Adler . French actress turned famous TV host Sophie Favier unsuccessfully sued to stop its release. [ [http://www.humanite.fr/1993-05-27_Articles_-On-vit-une-epoque-formidable Sophie Favier, dix ans après] "L'Humanité " - May 27, 1993]Gérard Kikoïne had quite a large budget for this film and was assisted by French set designer
Jean-Charles Dedieu . Therefore production values are quite good, especially since they involve a lot of period costumes and sets. [ [http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies2006/black_venus_lady_libertine.htm DVD review] http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ SOME NUDITY] Jennifer Inch is playing the role of Frank, the orphan boy, and of Frances. Sophie Favier plays the role of the mistress of Charles de Beaumont.Plot
In the 1800s, a rich nobleman from London, Charles de Beaumont (Christopher Pearson), meets Frank, an adolescent, and offers hospitality to the young orphan. According to the usages of his caste, he decides to educate him by himself. But Frank is not an obedient pupil and soon has to be spanked... Charles is surprised when he discovers that Frank (indeed Frances) is not a boy as he believed, but a beautiful young girl with a dark secret ... [ DVD liner notes (in French)]
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