Romance (1999 film)

Romance Romance X is a 1999 French art house drama film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. It stars Caroline Ducey, pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi, Sagamore Stvenin and Franois Berland. The film features explicit copulation scenes, especially one showing Caroline Duceys coitus with Rocco Siffredi. Romance is one of several arthouse films featuring explicit, unsimulated sex, such as The Brown Bunny 2003,Songs 2004, All About Anna 2005, and Shortbus 2006.

In Europe, Romance was shown in mainstream cinemas in the United States, it was reduced to a mainstreamacceptable R rating, and the European original version is unrated. In the UK the BBFC passed the film uncut for cinemas, though home releases suffered a brief cut to an ejaculation shot. In March 2004, the original version was broadcast, latenight on German public television. In Australia, the original version of Romance was broadcast uncut on the cable television network World Movies.citation needed The film was initially refused classification in Australia, before it was awarded an R18 on appeal. It singlehandedly paved the way for actual sex to be accommodated in the R18 classification in Australia.In Canada, particularly in Alberta and the Maritimes, the sexuality was seen as gratuitous to the film and it was given an A rating and XXX rating in those regions. In June 2008, in the Netherlands, the original version of Romance was broadcast on Dutch public TV, by VPRO, as one of a series of Erotica art house cinema.citation needed ........

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