A beautiful heiress
is kidnapped by a gang of thugs. She is held hostage while her father
attempts to secure the ransom payment. She develops an attraction to one
of her kidnappers, but another member of the gang rapes her, leading to
a deadly triangle. The title "Sexus" is an obvious homage
to Henry Miller's famous book by the same title; however there is no other
similarity... except - of course - the intense sexual theme. Rather, here
is Jose Benazeraf's dark story of violence and sex placed firmly inside
a crime noir setting. To make things even more authentic, the brooding
original soundtrack is performed by the legendary Chet Baker.
Director José
Bénazéraf was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He moved to France
some years later and became involved in the motion picture business, initially
as a writer. He began directing his own projects in the early sixties,
finding success with arthouse erotica. Internationally, he was praised
as "the new Goddard" and critics anxiously reviewed his cutting-edge
projects. Mr Benazeraf fell out of favor with the cinema elite in the
late '60s when the new cinematic sexual freedom allowed him to experiment
in a more 'uncomfortable' depth. His projects turned decidedly bizarre
as he concentrated mostly on fringe sexuality (FRUSTRATION
is the best example of his later extreme projects). After almost 100 movies,
he retired from the industry in 1999. Mr Benazeraf died in December 2012
at age 90.
A
French film in English language; original widescreen format (1.85:1),
totally uncut at 83 minutes, encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on
any American machine. Extras include trailers.
Rape/Drugs/Nudity/Sexual
Brutality/S&M:
For Adult Audiences
