Story of O (film)

Story of O
Story of O
	File:The Story of O poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Just Jaeckin
Written by	Sébastien Japrisot
Produced by	Gérard Lorin; Eric Rochat
Starring	Corinne Cléry; Udo Kier
Cinematography	Robert Fraisse; Yves Rolladec
Edited by	Francine Pierre
Music by	Pierre Bachelet
Production; companies	Yang Films, SN Prodis
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures (US)
Release dates	26 August 1975 (France); 14 November 1975 (United States); 27 November 1975 (West Germany);
Running time	105 minutes (Uncut); 97 minutes
Countries	France; Canada; West Germany
Languages	French; English; Polish

Story of O is a 1975 Franco-German erotic drama film directed by Just Jaeckin. The screenplay is an adaptation of the erotic novel Story of O published in 1954 by Pauline Réage.^[1]

Plot

A young woman fashion photographer known only as O is taken by her lover René to Château Roissy, where she is subject to various sexual and/or sadomasochistic rituals. O is taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse. She is regularly stripped, blindfolded, chained and whipped;her labium is pierced and her buttocks are branded. She leaves wearing a ring as a sign of her initiation.

O meets a model called Jacqueline whilst René introduces O to Sir Stephen H, who was raised as René's brother, and the two men share O. Jacqueline moves into O's flat, and is seduced by her. O is then sent by Sir Stephen to the country house of Anne-Marie where she and other young women are prepared to be branded by Sir Stephen.

O's visit concludes with Sir Stephen's inserting rings into her labia and being branded with his initials. Sir Stephen then shares her with two other men, the commander and Ivan.

Later Sir Stephen, O, Jacqueline and René visit the commander's home in Brittany for a party and O takes Jacqueline to Roissy where she will be trained to serve Rene. Some time after that, O asks Sir Stephen if he would endure the same punishments and experiences that she has undergone to show her unconditional love for him. When he says "I suppose so", she suddenly burns his hand with a hot cigarette holder, leaving there a circle, or an O.

Cast

Corinne Cléry as O
Udo Kier as René
Anthony Steel as Sir Stephen
Jean Gaven as Pierre
Li Sellgren as Jacqueline
Christiane Minazzoli as Anne-Marie
Alain Noury as Ivan
Martine Kelly as Therese
Jean-Pierre Andréani as Eric, maître
Gabriel Cattand as The commander
Henri Piégay as Maître
Florence Cayrol as Yvonne

Technical sheet

Tittle: The Story of O
French title: Histoire d'O
Director: Just Jaeckin, assisted by Christine Gozlan
Screenplay: Sébastien Japrisot after the novel Histoire d'O by Pauline Réage
Production: Gérard Lorin, Eric Rochat
Production companies: Yang Films, S.N. Prodis
Distribution companies: Concorde Film, Artisan Entertainment, Allied Artists Pictures
Music: Pierre Bachelet (French singer)
Set design: Jean-Baptiste Poirot
Costumes : Tan Giudicelli
Photographie : Robert Fraisse et Yves Rodallec
Directeur artistique : Jean-Baptiste Poirot
Montage : Francine Pierre
Language : French
Format : color - format projection 1,85:1 - Monophonique mono, 35 mm
Genre : erotic
Public : Not under 18 years of age in 1975, 16 years old today.

Reception

The film was refused a British theatrical release certificate from the BBFC in 1975^[1]^[2] but was eventually passed without cuts for DVD in 2000.

The film has been given a rating of 40% by Rotten Tomatoes.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b The Story of O at the British Film Institute (BFI) Archived 24 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Our Arts Reporter. "Ban on a controversial French film by GLC". Times [London, England] 3 June 1976: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 12 July 2012
^ "The Story of O Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

External links

Story of O at IMDb
Story of O at Rotten Tomatoes

[bbfc-1] The Story of O at the British Film Institute (BFI) Archived 24 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Our Arts Reporter. "Ban on a controversial French film by GLC". Times [London, England] 3 June 1976: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 12 July 2012

[3] "The Story of O Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

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