Can't find a movie or TV show? Login to create it. Summer in the Country (1980) User Score. A rich family residing in a French villa treats their two maids like garbage. The two girls decide to seduce the young son Luca who is home for the holidays and point him towards Fanny who is in the middle of being sexually awakened.
I have to confess that my knowledge of classic hardcore porn, especially of the European variety, is pretty pathetic. Shameful, I know. My knowledge is so embarrassingly poor that, up until only a few years ago, I had no idea that Brigitte Lahaie – the French porn star of the 70s – had anything to do with hardcore porn and knew her only from Jean Rollin films. Lahaie had always been my favourite of Rollin’s regulars, so, needless to say, I was interested in checking out the work that made her famous.
I originally saw the 61 minute hardcore version, and also thought the story was missing some important footage concerning the storyline. Finally got to see a German version, little over 90 minutes, and it seems to be what I would think is the original, or ‘director’s’ cut. The scene of Luca and Fanny in bed together (where Fanny is wearing the white gloves) is actually just a fantasy scene, it happens when Fanny is reading a book on the sofa and Luca is staring at her panties. So in this cut of the film, Luca and Fanny never become intimate. There is a lot of added footage showing Luca being attracted to his auntie from childhood, so the whole movie seems focused on Luca and his aunt.
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It really changes the mood of the story. Sadly this cut is not the best quality, such as the Alpha France DVD version. Personally I am seeking out the softcore version, and doubt I’ll ever come across it. Euro films from this period are so hard to totally track down.
In the early 1980s, much of continental Europe's soft porn output was made in two versions, a soft and a hard version. Is an example for this. It is beautifully shot and generally well-acted, by a mix of 'proper' actors and porn performers. Generally, too many of the film's elements have been left hanging in the air - there is not enough mortar to hold everything together. This is really a shame, because overall this effort falls not far short of feature film quality - a chance missed.