Tout le plaisir est pour moi (2004)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Isabelle Broué

Writers:

Isabelle Broué (writer)
Caroline Thivel (writer)

Release Date:

18 August 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A beautiful, self-centered young woman's life turns upside down when she suddenly "loses her clitoris" (i.e. her ability to have an orgasm). |

Plot Keywords:

Aphrodisiac | Frigidity | Domestic Strife | Female Masturbation | Sex Talk

Cast

Marie Gillain	...	Louise
Julien Boisselier	...	François
Garance Clavel	...	Félicie
Brigitte Roüan	...	Nicole
Tsilla Chelton	...	Gaby
Lionel Abelanski	...	Oscar
Idit Cebula	...	Judith
François Marthouret	...	Gérard
Agathe Teyssier	...	Suzanne
Patrick Catalifo	...	Paul
Laurent Bateau	...	Thomas
Catherine Ferran	...	La gynécologue
Philippe Duclos	...	Le sexologue
Emilie Lafarge	...	Annie
Aurélien Wiik	...	Raoul

Also Known As:

The Pleasure Is All Mine (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:82 min | Argentina:82 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-11

Company:

Elzévir Films

Not enough pleasure for the viewer

After lecturing her sister on the evils of fake orgasms, Louise, a self-obsessed twenty-something, gets her come-uppance the next morning when she discovers that she has "lost her clitoris", a misfortune she doesn't hesitate to communicate, loudly and explicitly, to anyone who'll listen.

It's a shame that so many of the characters and situations in this movie, from the gay best-friend to the sex guru with his herbs to the celibate neighbour to the old ladies discussing orgasms, feel like a parade of comedy stereotypes. The falseness and banality of these sketch-like scenes conflict awkwardly with the pseudo-documentary discussions of female sexuality that the director inserts with great earnestness throughout the film.

The film's saving grace is Marie Gillain, who pulls off the near-impossible task of making the infuriating, egotistical Louise both watchable and sympathetic.