Les Pornocrates (1976): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1976, Les Pornocrates is a dokumentarfilm film directed by Jean-François Davy, running about 83 minutes.

What it’s about. This is a documentary on the 70's French porn industry. There are generally two kinds of porn documentaries--those that actually take an insightful look behind the scenes, and those that are just an excuse to show a lot of nudity and XXX porn footage. This is actually somewhere in between. It's generously seasoned with porn footage, but there are also a lot of (fully-clothed) interviews, and they even talk to the owners of porn theaters, some typical porn customers (including some pre-adolescent boys who are walking by the the theater--I wonder what their parents thought of that?), as well as a guy who makes promotional billboards for porn movies although he claims never to have seen one!

Who’s in it. Les Pornocrates stars Benoît Archenoul as Self, Frédérique Barral as Self, Claudine Beccarie as Self and Françoise Beccarie as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, Les Pornocrates has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Les Pornocrates page.

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