Well-directed by Christoph Clark, this Laure Sainclair vehicle shows the great French star in all her loveliness, but wisely surrounds her with an attractive cast in a simple but engaging story of conflict over an inheritance.
Stealing several scenes is the seemingly rightful heir Victoria Queen, a svelte redhead who is the deceased gangster's widow. But Laure is his long-lost daughter, flown into Budapest to be informed the man's estate is willed to her.
Much of the action concerns a strip club called Aphrodite that doubles as a brothel, over which Laure decides to take a hands-on ownership role. End credits indicate that the actual strippers working at this club make up part of the attractive cast, with director Clark featuring well over a dozen beauties.
It all climaxes in an orgy filled with d.p.'s, leading to a convincing ending of Laure giving up her dalliance with the hedonistic life, hopping onto her light plane and flying back to her true love waiting back in Paris. Clark hints subtly at this twist finish by portraying Laure as a voyeuse (when not indulging in sex) in earlier scenes, somewhat keeping her distance from the life of debauchery and what is always referred to in the Dorcel universe as libertinism.
Stealing several scenes is the seemingly rightful heir Victoria Queen, a svelte redhead who is the deceased gangster's widow. But Laure is his long-lost daughter, flown into Budapest to be informed the man's estate is willed to her.
Much of the action concerns a strip club called Aphrodite that doubles as a brothel, over which Laure decides to take a hands-on ownership role. End credits indicate that the actual strippers working at this club make up part of the attractive cast, with director Clark featuring well over a dozen beauties.
It all climaxes in an orgy filled with d.p.'s, leading to a convincing ending of Laure giving up her dalliance with the hedonistic life, hopping onto her light plane and flying back to her true love waiting back in Paris. Clark hints subtly at this twist finish by portraying Laure as a voyeuse (when not indulging in sex) in earlier scenes, somewhat keeping her distance from the life of debauchery and what is always referred to in the Dorcel universe as libertinism.