Shop of Pleasure[1988]
Jean-Pierre Armand runs a sex shop (the ‘bottega del piacere – shop of pleasure). Caroline Laurie and Roberto Malone are customers who play with sex toys and watch videos. Lots of American and European archive footage is used, heavily and abruptly edited, with sometimes split-second cuts. However, the credits falsely imply that this is all original footage.
Movie: Shop of Pleasure
Top 10 Billed Cast
(archive footage)
(archive footage)
Jean Pier Le Mond
Marylin (archive footage)
Top Movie Cast(21)
Ilona Staller
(archive footage)
Moana Pozzi
(archive footage)
Marina Hedman
Jean-Pierre Armand
Jean Pier Le Mond
Jerry Butler
Kimberly Carson
Danielle
Vanessa del Rio
Olinka Hardiman
Marylin (archive footage)
Annette Haven
Psychiatrist
Uschi Karnat
(archive footage)
Amber Lynn
Roberto Malone
Customer who play with sex toys
Cody Nicole
Gabriel Pontello
Greg Rome
Ajita Wilson
(archive footage)
Peter Steiner
Top Movie Crew(5)
Mara Bronzoni
Assistant Director
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