Candido erotico (1978)

Candido erotico (1978). 1h 34m | R

“An usual sex drama about a part-time male model (Mircha Carven) who also performs live sex acts on stage for a living. The story starts when he befriends the teenage daughter (Lilli Carati) of one of his friends and occasional lover, a female photographer (Maria Baxa).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst, the viewer is seduced in thinking that this is one of those u0026#39;the parents are against usu0026#39; love dramas, a kind of Romeo and Juliet in a more exploitative setting. However, this is a deliberate red herring. We are slowly introduced into the actual topic of the film which is a little sex problem our hero suffers from. Alone in bed with Carati heu0026#39;s useless (at which point I should make a flippant remark about how this proves the seriosity of his condition).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe viewer only becomes slowly aware of the extent of his problem by a sequence of events which make it increasingly clear what is going on. This easily sees us through the film and also is the basis for an interesting climactic ending.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, a superior example of a sex drama, in much darker mood than its genre relatives.”