Matinee Idol (1984)
And on top of all that - he even gets paid for it.
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 28分
演出 : Henri Pachard
脚本 : David F. Friedman
シノプシス
Egos and screen tests are all around when it is time to film an adult film called Matinee Idol. The lead star also has a private go with the casting directors’ buxom secretary right on the casting directors’ table.
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A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
Cosme, a 15-year-old boy, sets his sights and his libido on his new neighbor, Merche. After giving her a lift on his moped, and getting a glimpse of her underwear, he begins to look for excuses to wander next door. He manufactures illnesses to stay home from school and uses his free time to ogle her while she sunbathes outside. His efforts to sustain a relationship that leads to the bedroom are hampered by his amusing family, sabotaged by the maid, and jealously noted by his high school girlfriend.
An inexperienced duck hunter is taunted and tormented by a mischievous duck.
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A low-budget film producer begins shooting his next two epics, "I Rip Your Flesh With Pliers" and "Werewolves in Heat." What he doesn't know is that his sexy young wife wants him dead, and plans to use the films as a cover to do it.
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