if you be bear around the time this movie be finish and and have a liberal or open mind household that i have and i be sure during the early 80 you would be first introduce to walk in on your parent watch dirty movie or extreme dirty movie . you know and not 100 % pornographic but rather an alchemical mixture of actual drama and pornography and or that you would sneak into their collection and pop in the plastic rectangle representation of such a film in a big dookie machine call a vhs . you have to be very quiet and ninja like but still have minor heart failure when huge pop noise be make when press the tablet like button out of fear of be discover . whatever the case and such film be send into the back of your mind and wait and wait to be reunite with such visual art . needless to say and this movie fit into the aforementioned description to a t. many people will comment on the extreme sexual nature of the film but perhaps due to me be desensitize and i be more disturbed by the subtlety . be the creator speaking to u on deep level of human carnality and or what could be consider a true abomination and interracial relation and bed frame masturbation and voyeurism and or could it be desperation for social status to the point of murder and pedophilia or homosexuality and or the repressed sexual nature of social elitist female in 18th century france . who can say and but despite mr. borowcyzk taste for vivid and raw sexuality be the norm for his work and i would say that indeed this movie do speak to the viewer on a deep level concern bestial carnality . once i have learn this and the story become much more interesting beyond the giddiness of shock value and there fore and it be well worth check out .