La villa

La villa (1975)

* 12 (out of 4)

Helene (Valerie Boisgel) goes to visit an old flame but she's told by another man that he is busy with another woman. After some back and forth, Helene and the new guy strike up a sexual encounter and all is going well until a group of thugs break into the house.

LA VILLA, released on DVD under the title HELENE, is a French adult movie that apparently has a cult following by some people. I'm not exactly sure who these people are as I found the film to be rather boring even with its short 73-minute running time. The film was obviously meant to be shocking but to me it was just to poorly made to leave any sort of impression.

I guess I'd argue that Boisgel was the best thing in the film as she was at least easy on the eyes and I'd probably also say that she turned in a fine performance. I thought she was quite good in the role and she was at least believable for what the part asked of her. None of the supporting players really jumped out at me but this might have been due to the poor dubbing.

As a sex films I thought it was pretty boring and I certainly didn't find any of it erotic. As a thriller the film wasn't all that thrilling and in all honesty I thought it really dragged. The entire film had a very cheap feel to it and in the end it was nothing more than some minor entertainment.