Protection très rapprochée

Highlighted by an alluring performance by Hungarian actress Sonya, SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY is a French porn video that holds one's interest due to its intriguing storyline.

No, it's not related thematically to the iconic Julia Roberts vehicle of yore. Instead its French title is the giveaway: Sonya (billed as Sonia) is an immigrant housewife to Paris from Budapest whose hubby assigns an underling to keep her under surveillance and report back on her doings. The stud falls for her, and of course gets to sleep with her in the final reel.

Gimmick is that hubby is the initial adulterous one: having sex with his truly scrumptious secretary and a temp. That threesome threatens to make the rest of the video an anticlimax, and in fact I jumped back to repeat that scene after watching the entire program -it was that good.

Sonia keeps writing home to her grandma in Hungary, telling her how wonderful her life is in the City of Lights. Naturally granny gets a cleaned-up version, while we get to see her get down. She's virtuous at first, but an old gal pal from Hungary shows her the sexier side of Paris, and she adapts quickly to the milieu. Sonya's combination of innocence and sexual joie de vivre make for a successful picture.

Angel Dark and Nina Roberts are also quite sexy among the more familiar performers on view. It's one of Marc Dorcel's first-class productions, and holds up better than his all-sex output.