À la recherche du plaisir

Original title: Alla ricerca del piacere

1972
R
1h 38m

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The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
Edwige Fenech was originally cast as Eleanora, but dropped out of the role upon discovering that she was pregnant with her son Edwin Fenech.

Quotes
Piacere Sequence by Teo Usuelli: [repeated line, played during the rapes Eleanora orchestrates for Rocco] Sexually! Sexually! Sexually! Sexually! Again! Again! Again!

Alternate versions
Amuck (1972) has also been released in a shortened, 78 minutes version under the title Leather and Whips (1972).

Connections
Featured in Trailer War (2012)

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Piacere Sequence
by Teo Usuelli

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6/10

Beautiful but idiotic

Barbara Bouchet is the highlight here. You can't take your eyes off her. She is an incredible lead.

The film is wonderfully shot. There are great locations and good atmosphere. There are some fun sequences with a bit of suspense.

However, the script is quite bad. The characters make impossibly stupid choices that go against their own motivations. The ending was also unbelievable with the plans of the villain appearing pretty dumb.

There is more sex/nudity here than the average giallo.

At the end of the day, this is a nice movie to look at if you turn your mind off and go for a ride, but the unbelievable character decisions/reactions keep this from being a truly good film.