Deux femmes en or (1970)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Claude Fournier

Writers:

Claude Fournier (writer)
Marie-José Raymond (writer)

Release Date:

21 May 1970 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Two women leaving in the suburban of Montreal find difficult time waiting for their frequently absent husbands...

Plot Keywords:

Dying During Sex | Sexuality | Female Nudity | Scandal | Crude Humor

Cast

Monique Mercure	...	Fernande Turcot
Louise Turcot	...	Violette Lamoureux
Marcel Sabourin	...	Yvon-T. Turcot
Donald Pilon	...	Bob Lamoureux
Jean-Vincent Fournier	...	Vincent Turcot
Francine Moran	...	Miss Cinema
Yvon Deschamps	...	Monsieur Telephone
Donald Lautrec	...	Monsieur Lait
Gilles Latulippe	...	Monsieur Jolicoeur
Réal Béland	...	Raconteur de blagues
Janine Sutto	...	Madame Lalonde
Paul Buissonneau	...	Monsieur Platre
Jean Lapointe	...	Sergent Detective Poivrot
Paul Berval	...	Monsieur Tapis
Georges Groulx	...	François-Xavier Lalonde

Also Known As:

Two Women in Gold (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Brossard, Québec, Canada

Company:

France Film

Movie Connections:

References Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967)

Soundtrack:

Deux Femmes en or

Very dated, but still a must-see.

Back in 1970, when the MPAA came with the rating system, people could now make those R-Rated films like crazy, and one of the hotbeds for the pre-hardcore sex comedies/dramas was Quebec. From 1970 to the mid 80's, they made dozens of these nudies. One of the first was this one. I saw it on T.V. in the late '80s, the last time it aired on T.V. was June 29, 1991, and I never saw it again until Nov 24, 2000, when someone aired it again. This film is near impossible to rent, but I'm sure there's a place in Quebec that would have it.

The story is about two housewives who are bored with their lives, and decide to deal with it by having sex with any man who comes into the house. Whether he's the milkman, the phone repairman, the mailman, the pizza delivery guy, the carpet cleaner, even a guy who shovels the driveway, all are targets. Meanwhile, we also see the lives of their husbands. One is serious about getting a better job in Toronto, the other is a playboy who has a mistress and later in the film has sex with the other guy's wife. Later in the film, one of their targets dies after their lovemaking, and they have to defend themselves for it.

The ladies in the film are very nice, in fact the two unscrupulous housewives, played by Monique Mercure and Louise Turcotte, remind me of two ladies I spend a lot of time with. Even the guys have to let it hang out, which is something you don't see in today's soft-core films, except for the gluteous shot. Yes, the film's editing isn't the best, since it's low-budget. The film can only be found in French. Finally, it's weird to see natural beauties instead of the man-made babes we have to see today. But, this is one of the best examples of what the early nudie industry was, and only Russ Meyer was better at it. Bonus: You'll see the Grey Cup game where it was "Rough Riders vs. Roughriders" from 1969, where my city won the CFL Championship, and you'll see the only hip Prime Minister Canada ever had, the recently deceased Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1919-2000). Still a very entertaining film, done during a very bad winter, wait until you see how much snow they get in this city.