French Films – Page 2

French movies, cut and banned before the November 1971 liberalisation of the Australian censorship system.


Africa Erotica

aka African Erotica – A Happening In Africa
aka African Thrills

Directed by Zygmunt Sulistrowski / 1970 / France – Belgium – USA / IMDb

March 1971 / Rated: A / Length: 7906 feet / Time: 87:51 / Censored by 02:15 / Reason: violence and indecency / Comment: Reconstructed version

Post-November 1971 rating

An 80-minute DVD, submitted as AFRICAN EROTICA – A HAPPENING IN AFRICA (said to be AFRICAN THRILLS), was passed with an R (High level sex scenes, Nudity, Sexual violence) rating in March 2005. The applicant, Force Entertainment, released it as part of an eight-film box set titled FRENCH EROTIC COLLECTION.

Further reading

For more Zygmunt Sulistrowski, see LOVE IN THE PACIFIC (1970) in this database and ANNIE: THE VIRGIN OF ST TROPEZ (1976) in Film Censorship Database No. 1.


The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

Directed by Anatole Litvak / 1970 / France – USA / IMDb

October 1970 / Rated: A / Length: 9586 feet / Time: 106:31 / Censored by 00:01 / Reason: violence

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) - Australian daybill movie poster 1
Daybill via moviemem

Invasion

aka L’invasion (Film Censorship Board title)

Directed by Yves Allégret / 1970 / France / IMDb

October 1970 / Rated: Banned / Length: 8283 feet / Time: 92:02 / Reason: indecency


Nathalie After Love

Directed by Boris Szulzinger / 1970 / France – Italy – Belgium / IMDb

January 1971 / Rated: Banned / Length: 7700 feet / Time: 85:33 / Reason: indecency

May 1971 / Rated: Banned / Length: 7496 feet / Time: 83:17 / Reason: indecency / Comment: Reconstructed version

September 1971 / Appeal: Against refusal of the Film Censorship Board to register / Length: 7496 feet / Time: 83:17 / Result: Film to be registered SOA / Comment: Reconstructed version

The SOA rating was awarded in September 1971, just before the introduction of the new classification system. The daybill poster shows that it was eventually released with an M-rating and distributed by United Cinema and Regent Films.


Road to Salina

Directed by Georges Lautner / 1970 / France – Italy / IMDb

January 1971 / Rated: SOA / Length: 8747 feet / Time: 97:11 / Censored by 01:46 / Reason: indecency and encouragement to drug abuse


Secret Report on Prostitution

Directed by Jean-Claude Roy / 1971 / France / IMDb

January 1971 / Rated: SOA / Length: 7600 feet / Time: 84:27 / Censored by 02:40 / Reason: indecency


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