Une liaison pornographique (1999)

Call it Une liaison pornographique (1999) or An Affair of Love (we prefer the French, for obvious reasons), this tragic love story stars Sergi Lopez and Natalie Baye. The two are interviewed at the beginning of the film, though we don’t know why, and then we delve into the story of their love and loss. She’s between lovers and places an ad in a fetish magazine, desiring some kinky sex. How come we never meet girls like her in the back pages of our slap mags? So, obviously, sex is a big part of their relationship, and it starts literally with a bang. That fuck becomes a regular weekly tryst, even though they keep it anonymous, without exchanging names or any info about each other. What they do exchange is flesh, including, about a half-hour into the movie, a nice look at her breasts in bed. Maybe that’s why she won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival.