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Intimate Power

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Based on a true story, this intrigueing story has no biased axe to grind. A French girl taken captive by pirates and sold to the Sultan of the Ottoman empire eventually becomes his willing favorate. Her own infant son is murdered by another of the Sultan's wives who wants her own son to take the throne. The French girl outwits her rivals and ultimately plays a great part in the destiny of Turkey. Don't confuse this movie with the other movie of the same title. It is unfortunate that more people can't see this one. It's not sex trach.

This is based on a true story. Aimee was from Matineque; her uncle was sending her to a catholic school in France. She is caught kissing a young soldier in the study at a ball, and is put on a boat back to Martineque. Pirates take over the ship and she is sold into slavery. Being a virgin, she was worth her weight in gold. She is bought by the Ottoman Harem. She is chosen to be the sultan's wife, but she isn't willing to sleep with an old man that she isn't in love with. She does give in and she falls in love with Abdul. Sineperver (his 1st wife) is very jealous. Aimee has a son and Sineperver has him strangled while they are sleeping. Abdul has another son (which he brings to her bedside) who's mother died at birth. Aimee was asked to be his mother, and from that moment on she was. Abdul dies and Selim takes over as sultan. The Genecaries hate him and kill him. Thus making Mustafa (Sineperver's son) the new sultan. Aimee kills Mustafa with a daggar that Sineperver had given to her years before, to kill herself with. Now her son was sultan. This true story has excitement, love, passion, and the true meaning of being a family.

This is a story of Aimee Rebucq de Rivery, who was kidnapped from a ship and sold to a sultan's harem, there she bore Abdul Ahmid a son but it was murdered, she was given a son (he was the son of another harem lady, that was killed) when Abdul Ahjmid dies, Selim the new Sultan asked her to stay, Selim was killed and the woman who had him killed put her son Mustafa on the throne, Aimee killed Mustafa to put Mahmud, her adopted son on the throne. This is a wonderful true story. END

Young French noblewoman Aimie DuBec Rivery is captured by pirates -innocent, inexperienced, she becomes a defiant beauty in the Sultan's harem, where she uses beauty, wit and love to become one sultan's favorite and a sultan's mother. She survives to become Sultan Valide, the most powerful person in the Ottoman Empire after her son. "Intimate Power" based on life of Aimie duBec, has everything needed for a great story - suspense, intrigue, romance, sensuality, lush settings, betrayal, triumph... But this movie manages to mix all that potential into a dull mishmash of bad dialogue, overacting, garish costuming and acting that feels like a SNL parody of a costume drama.

If you want Aimie's story, read "Seraglio" by Janet Wallach. But skip this movie. You'll never get the time you wasted back.

First of all, let me say how happy I was not to pay for this movie. It is horrible! The script laughable. People did not say "hi" in mid 18th century Turkey. I could write a better script. This movie was so bad, I fast-forwarded it to the end, couldn't stand to watch the whole thing. The costumes were silly and looked like something you could by at K-Mart. Which is a shame, because this could have been a great movie. Aimee's story deserves so much better than this. Also, why was this rated "R?" No erotcism, no nudity, no chemistry between the actors. Do yourself a favor and skip this in favor of "Kama Sutra; A Tale of Love."

This could have been a great film if they had cast people who could act.
Even F. Murray Abraham over did it.

howlers aplenty, eunuchs and dwarves, lots of bad headgear, Maud Adams' cheekbones and overbite, F. Murray in all his F. Murray-ness and Amber O'Shea in all her OC-ness. And all that from the imagination of Prince Michael of Greece! Where is Maria Montez when we really need her?

In 1990, Venezuelan billboards announced 'La Favorita' - a darkhaired, blue-eyed beauty in a harem. 4 of us Americans went to themovie (English with Spanish subtitles in Caracas). Something musthave gotten lost in the translation. The Venezolanos remainedserious, quiet, respectful throughout the film. We Americans couldnot keep from laughing at bad acting. Leaving the cinema, I had toapologize to the other three for suggesting the film. Ever since, Ihave wanted to re-watch this worst movie I have ever seen to determineif my first impression was right. I seriously want to see it again..... END

Intimate Power is quite simply a waste of film. While the sets and costumes were appropriate, the two principals simply have zero on screen chemistry. Abraham is seemingly too young looking for the part of the sultan. And Amber O'Shea seems absolutley terrified of baring her body. Come on this is an R rated film. The whole purpose of her being sold into sexual slavery, is to have sex. The love scene in the movie is beyond lame. I have seen more eroticism on the morning soaps. The rest of the movie moves very slowly. Omar Sharif and perhaps Heather Locklear would have been better cast as the two leads. Someday someone is going to tell this story right.

Young, sexy Aimee is abducted by pirates and shipped across the ocean where she is sold to the Dey of Algiers for his carnal amusement! Once aware of her fate, she fights the head eunich, until she realizes that she will die if she does not sleep with Sultan f.Murray Abraham. The love scenes in this movie about sex (harem genre) are tame, and lame...Ive seen hotter sex scenes on the soaps...the dey and his slave appear to have been filmed separatley? During a love scene! The kiss they initially share is promising, but then the director seemed to have lost his nerve. Amber O"Shea, while an atractive enough actress, seems terrified of nudity/scenes of sexuality! Usually HBO films come out with some racy stuff. The love scenes in "The Rat Pack"nearly scorched the screen. But this was a weak entry in the genre...Please, some fearless director/producer, do this story the right way...NC-17 rating, Omar Sharif as the sultan, maybe Ashley Judd, or Christina Applegate as the love-slave, and a general feeling of fearlessness of both graphic scenes of sexuality, and frequent nudity a-al-Showgirls" without the cheesiness....any takers?