Filmed in Iceland, this is a European sex comedy. A young man has a drunken one-night stand with a house guest who turns out to be bisexual – and his mother’s lover. Oops!

My headline says “Victoria Abril and others” because Victoria is the only famous woman pictured below, as well as the film’s biggest star. And she does, after all, appear fully nude from the front and rear. But the true star of the nudity is Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir. I have no idea who she is, and I think 101 Reykjavic represents her entire film career, but her scene is quite entertaining. Don’t miss it.

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If you follow the discussions here, you are aware that Victoria Abril is the all-time nudity champ. Of all the actresses who have been nominated for an acting honor by a national academy, Victoria has done the most nude scenes, more than Charlotte Rampling or Sharon Stone or Nicole Kidman or Kate Winslet or Monica Bellucci or any of the prolific French or Mexican stars. More than anyone.

One good example: Tie Me up! Tie Me Down!

This is an adventure story about mountain climbing.

Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.

When the film was made, Julia Nickson was credited as Julia Nickson-Soul because she was married to Starsky or Hutch or both. Their daughter, China Soul, is a musician.

The video streams the director’s commentary for some reason that I didn’t anticipate. There is nothing memorable about the original dialogue, but you can get all available audio tracks if you download it.

This was an outstanding show: beautiful writing, beautiful photography, beautiful nudity. It’s centered around a feminine perspective, and targets a female audience, so it’s not the sort of show I would normally seek out, but it does what it does so well that I loved it in spite of the long rhapsodies about food, in spite of the sentimental musings, in spite of the contrived crises, even in spite of myself. In that respect, I would liken it to Amelie, the great film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, in the sense that if I just read the plot summary, I’d never watch it, but it’s just so good that it won me over, and I looked forward to it each week.

And it didn’t hurt that there were beautiful naked women everywhere.

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As I suggested above, there were nude scenes in many previous episodes

German biopic. Original title: Dreißig Jahre an der Peitsche

The toxic relationship with her parents triggers Tina’s escape from home. Her affair with an SM aficionado introduces Tina to a radically new life as dominatrix for a special clientele while battling her own gambling addiction. She becomes known as the Berlin dominatrix, Lady MacLaine

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It’s an NYU student film produced by the Tisch School of the Arts

Well, I learned a new vocab word today:

Limerence is an involuntary state of intense, obsessive romantic infatuation characterized by intrusive thoughts, emotional dependence, and a desperate craving for reciprocation from a “limerent object”. It involves idealizing the person, ignoring flaws, and experiencing extreme mood swings based on their actions. Unlike love, it is often a one-sided, addictive, and short-lived state.

As for the film:

On a laid-back summer day, a young woman spends some time with her casual partner. Irmak Akgur directs “Limerence,” a slice-of-life portrait that flows in uninhibited vignettes. Minimally plotted but tonally sharp, Akgur’s film captures a couple of free spirits in their element – spending the day preening, dancing in the sun, making love. Built with convincing intimacy and naturalism, it culminates in a moment of carnal revelation.

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Czech romantic drama. Original title: Nikdo me nemá rád

Sára works as an assistant at the army headquarters in Prague. She is an attractive woman surrounded by young men, but without a partner. When she meets the gallant and charming Martin, she finally experiences the love of her life. When Sára wants to take their relationship to a deeper and more physical level, Martin unexpectedly cuts her off. Refusing to accept his reluctance to confide in her, Sára wants to know what is stopping him from being with her. She discovers that Martin has a secret. She promises not to tell anyone, but does so in good faith. And then he learns how society deals with those who don’t fit into the right boxes.

(SPOILER: Martin is a hermaphrodite.)

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Eight couture looks made from Lever Couture’s waste pile prove that glamour can come from the most unexpected places.

Sample:

Horror film. USA.

A clan of watermen capture a crew of sport fishermen who must then fight for their lives.

If I have seen this, I can’t remember it. It is rated 3.2 at IMDb, and stars Jason Mewes, so I didn’t bother to check the IMDb section that lists Oscar nominations. If that name sounds familiar but you can’t quite place him, Jason Mewes is Jay of “Jay and Silent Bob.”

The film sounds terrible, but the nudity is not bad at all, albeit performed by relatively unknown actresses.

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