The Pleasure (1985)
Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard, all that is left of Leonora, the love of his life, are a number of erotic tape recordings. She led a double life as respectable wife and mother of two, and as a whore at the local brothel. Now, after her death, her children Ursula and Edmund pass under the tutelage of Gerard. Having not seen them for many years, he is utterly bewildered by Ursula's uncanny likeness to her mother. While Gerard's mistress Fiorella takes care of Edmund's sexual needs, Ursula follows the last instructions of her mother. In the process, she uses the legacy of her mother's recordings to get into the mindset of her relationship with Gerard. Is Gerard ready to find his lost love Leonora again... in the likeness of her very daughter?
Director: Joe D'Amato
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Gabriele Tinti as Gerard Villeneuve |
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Andrea Guzon as Leonora / Ursula |
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Lilli Carati as Fiorella |
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Marco Mattioli as Edmund |
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Laura Gemser as Haunani |
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Dagmar Lassander as Rosa |
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Maurice Poli as Boris, lo stalliere (non accreditato) |
| Directing | Joe D'Amato | Director |
| Camera | Joe D'Amato | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Claudio Fragasso | Story |
| Writing | Claudio Fragasso | Writer |
| Writing | Nicolas Edme Rétif de La Bretonne | Novel |
| Editing | Franco Alessandri | Editor |
| Editing | Rosanna Landi | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Italo Focacci | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeria Valenza | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Rita Caruso | Production Secretary |
| Production | Donatella Donati | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Antonio Tacchia | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Catherine Corbaz | Assistant Director |
| Art | Antonio Murru | Property Master |
| Sound | Cluster | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Daniele Massaccesi | Camera Operator |
