Exploits of a Young Don Juan (French: Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan, Italian: L'iniziazione, also known as What Every Frenchwoman Wants) is a 1986 French-Italian erotic coming of age film written and directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi.
| Exploits of a Young Don Juan | |
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 French film poster | |
| Directed by | Gianfranco Mingozzi |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière Peter Fleischmann |
| Starring | Serena Grandi Claudine Auger Fabrice Josso Marina Vlady |
| Cinematography | Luigi Verga |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Running time | 95 mins |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $1.3 million[1] |
It is loosely based on the novel Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan by Guillaume Apollinaire.[2][3]
Plot
editRoger comes home from boarding school at the age of 16 during his vacation and this story describes how his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to reunite the women with their older lovers.
Cast
edit- Serena Grandi as Ursula
- Claudine Auger as The Mother
- Marina Vlady as Madame Muller
- Fabrice Josso as Roger
- François Perrot as The Father
- Aurélien Recoing as Adolphe
- Rosette as Helene
- Laurent Spielvogel as Mr. Frank
- Alexandra Vandernoot as Elisa
- Marion Peterson as Kate
- Yves Lambrecht as Roland
- Virginie Ledoyen as Bertha
- Rufus as The Monk
References
edit- ^ "Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1986) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
- ^ Farassino, Alberto (19 November 1986). "Malizie d'altri tempi". La Repubblica. p. 24. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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