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Hot Acts of Love

1975 · 90 min

A slow, sultry thriller that keeps you uneasy, mixing seduction with menace in a sunlit, enclosed villa.

Overview
Heirs to a family fortune are invited to a Corsican villa, where sex and murder are always lurking around the corner.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • betrayal
    • crime
    • deception
    • family
    Places
    • single country house
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, thriller
    Directed by
    Jean-Marie Pallardy
    Starring
    Corinne Marchand, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Michel Lemoine, Olivier Mathot, Jacques Insermini, Georges Guéret, Charles Helen, Monique Duval
    Runtime
    90 min
    Languages
    French

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