Honey (1981)
"Miele di donna" (original title)

The young, naive Annie enters a hotel to spend the night - without knowing that it's this special kind of hotel, that serves more than breakfast. Curiously she walks around and watches the ... See full summary »

Director:

Gianfranco Angelucci

Writers:

Gianfranco Angelucci (story), Liliane Betti (story),

Stars:

Clio Goldsmith, Catherine Spaak, Fernando Rey

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clio Goldsmith	...	Anny
Catherine Spaak	...	Escritora
Fernando Rey	...	Editor
Donatella Damiani	...	The Landlady
Nieves Navarro	...	(as Susan Scott)
Lino Troisi	...	Pensionista
Adriana Russo	...	Inés
Giuseppe Pennese	...	(as Pino Pennese)
Francisca Fernández
Luc Merenda	...	El hombre de la habitación

Storyline

The young, naive Annie enters a hotel to spend the night - without knowing that it's this special kind of hotel, that serves more than breakfast. Curiously she walks around and watches the maids doing their job. She's especially fascinated of a forbidden room, where a silent, strange guy lives.

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Plot Keywords:

story in story | hiding under a bed | sex | female nudity | voyeur | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

25 May 1981 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Honey

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Selecciones Huguet, Vogue Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Kid (1921)

User Reviews

More weird than erotic, but still kind of interesting

In the frame story a female author (Catherine Spaak) holds a publisher (Fernando Rey) at gunpoint and forces him to read her novel, which is the basis for the rest of the movie. Unlike the publisher, I have no excuse--I watched this totally voluntarily. Seriously though, it's not that bad. The story-within-the-story is kind of an erotic "Alice in Wonderland". A naive virginal girl (Clio Goldsmith) checks into a pensione inhabited by all kinds of weird employees and guests. The voluptuous female concierge insists on her taking a bath immediately and then ends up GIVING her a bath. The concierge's sister works as a maid "because she likes serving people" (like one of the older male guests who she sexually services in a room while the naked heroine hides under the bed). Another guest (Nieves Navarro)is kind of a cross between a school marm and a dominatrix. There is also a surprisingly heterosexual male ballet teacher and his gaggle of young female students. Finally, there is an oiled-up muscle-man who all the women can't help spying on as he constantly works out in his room.

This movie is more weird than erotic. The scene where the concierge bathes and, uh, swaddles the protagonist is the second female "adult baby" scene I've encountered in a European movie in the last few months. I don't know if this particular fetish is more silly or disturbing, but it sure isn't very erotic. Other scenes are just too tame. In one promising scene the schoolmarm/dominatrix orders the heroine to strip and kneel down, but then does absolutely nothing else. One of the male characters ties up the heroine in another scene, but then the movie shyly cuts away before turning into the "Story of O". Goldsmith is naked a lot and the maid has one sex scene, but the rest of the female cast stays dressed. Spaak and Navarro were probably a little over the hill (although they both still look good), but you would think they would have done SOMETHING with the nubile female ballet students at least.

Still, this movie was kind of interesting. It kind of reminded me of Roman Polanski's film "What?", another off-kilter erotic "Alice in Wonderland" type film. The ending of the story-within-the-story is very lame, but the ending of the frame story is actually really good. I didn't entirely waste my time watching this at least.