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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Explicit Pharmacy,
By Mike J. Rice "'Mike Rice, Cultural Historian'... (Sparta, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Submission (1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Armand (Franco Nero)is a shopboy, living with his mother in 1940 France. Elianne (Lisa Gastoni)is the unfullfilled wife for whom Armand works in the Pharmacy below the apartment where she lives with her husband and daughter.The Germans are due to arrive in Paris. One night Armand gropes a woman he believes to be Juliette the shopgirl in the dark at closing. It is not Juliette, it is Elianne. Elianne is incensed but when she tries to tell her husband, he interrupts and tells her about his latest treasured art discovery. Distracted and disgusted with her husband, Elianne decides not to tell him at all. Armand, aware that he has groped the wrong woman, waits several days for the ax to fall. When he is not fired, he is perplexed: "Is it possible, does the woman like me?" In a few days he gropes her again. Voila! It appears she does like him. From there it is a slide down a slippery slope. Armand takes more liberties with his mistress. Gradually he can't be bothered to boff Juliette any longer. Except on one occasion he forces Elianne into an humiliating sexual triangle with Juliette. Armand finds new ways to humiliate his mistress. On one occasion, he forces her naked out onto the nighttime sidewalk in front of the Pharmacy. From inside Armand baits her to strut her wares like a prostitute, walking up and down the street like a strumpet. An amiable drunk emerging from the bar across the street spots her. But by the time he has alerted his companions, Elianne has disappeared back inside the pharmacy. Where Armand finds her laughing uproariously and in good spirits. It turns out Elianne loves the erotic dare. Now, with the German army closing in, Armand must find still other ways to bring down his aristocratic boss. And upstairs, Elianne's life with her distracted husband is imploding. She whispers a midnight confession of her infidelities with Armand to her sleeping husband's back. The Camera cuts to her husband. He is awake. And now he knows. But he does nothing. Bombs are exploding in the distance and sirens warn of the approach of the Germans. Disaster is imminent for the French, and implicitly, for the family of Elianne and her husband, Professor Henri Michaud, collector of treasured artifacts. Armand now directs his erotic gaze at Justine the couple's daughter. Elianne is appalled, but with war approaching and her husband distracted, there is little she can do. The drama continues, the sirens blare, the war comes closer. And the audience waits for the denouement. Its a wonderful tragedy with a soundtrack that crosscuts between sounds of the approaching war and a salacious piece of music that heralds another erotic episode between Armand and Elianne. Under whatever name; Scandalo, Scandal, Submission, this film is one of the most erotic ever made.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Realistic view of sadism, neglect, submission and rash ego.,
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This review is from: Submission (1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Submission has a lot of nudity. There are a few pictures of full frontal nudity although quite different than depicted in erotic acts. The husband/professor seems to be a cuckhold who forgot that love means more than a peck at night. The neglected, frustrated pharmacist/physician wife has driving needs. The professor is oblivous. The errand boy keeps after his prey--the wife-with the sinister knowledge that touch can drive her to any lengths. Manipulating this knowhow, the errand boy becomes the dominator. One has to feel helpless and sad for the wife, almost living her drives for touch and understanding the agony. The dominator has an endless bag. Where does the beleagured daughter go, ignored by Mama in her needs and father in his scholarly endearvors? The daughter's ability to stay the course makes one marvel and wonder how could she be so strong when the others ignore in their selfish self-satisfying indulgences or worlds. The clerk is depicted as the sure thing, wanting, simple, ever-pleasing, and also highly tolerant. The dominator/clerk: how dare a person be so callous? Is he a man or a cuckhold in a way, too? Reality makes us wonder how many of his type roam the streets, stores and bedrooms preying on and for more, not even being satisfied after achieving all that is sought. This is an older movie and shows the 1940s. The main character in her 50ish 40s reveals shows that natural beauty can have no limits or wrinkles at all ages. Lovers of sadism can enjoy the film. Soap opera lovers can find the film like an extended afternoon but unlike TV. The film ends without "tune in again." Submission shows there are endurance limits that do not continue from one episode to another and such is life too with its climaxes. Some can abhor. Some can marvel. Four****seems appropriate. The clerk's greed seems to drag on but isn't the pharmacist living a long term need that must be faced by the viewers too. Some will get highly involved watching this while others hope for the "glimpses." Ego & heartbreak offset. Mgmtdr
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the original Franco Nero 1970s version.,
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This review is from: Submission (1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I am adding an addendum. I forgot to mention that this VHS is the true authentic German version featuring Franco Nero and Lisa Gastoni. According to Golden VideoHound 2000"A pharmacist's sensuality is reawakened when she has a provocative affair with a clerk in her shop." 107 m/C VHS. The director is Salvatore Samperi. Note: Golden VideoHound rates this movie 1 1/2*. I have watched many movies. The review is incomplete. I disagree. I must rate Submission as 5*. The video has great impact and shows conflicts of raw emotion as a foreseeable dilemma deepens and most alternative options seem to be zero-minus to the pharmacist. A movie can be evaluated in part by its impact on the viewer. This movie really opened my eyes, mind and heart. Note to Amazon: The addendum is added as a result of inquiries about the review from persons all over. They asked which version was being reviewed and who were the featured performers.
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