Lady Libertine

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Lady Libertine
Lady Libertine DVD cover
Directed by	Gérard Kikoïne
Produced by	Wilfrid Dodd Harry Alan Towers
Written by	Harry Alan Towers
Starring	Christopher Pearson Jennifer Inch Sophie Favier Alain Dumaurier
Music by	Marc Hillman
Cinematography	Gérard Loubeau
Distributed by	Playboy Enterprises
Release date(s)	1983
Running time	83 mn
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Lady Libertine (also known as Frank and I) is a 1983 soft core erotic film by Gérard Kikoïne. This Playboy production, released theatrically in Europe and on television in the US, is an adaptation of the Victorian novel (1902) Frank and I by Bill Adler. French actress turned famous TV host Sophie Favier unsuccessfully sued to stop its release.^[1]

Gérard Kikoïne had quite a large budget for this film and was assisted by French set designer Jean-Charles Dedieu. Therefore production values are quite good, especially since they involve a lot of period costumes and sets.^[2] Jennifer Inch is playing the role of Frank, the orphan boy, and of Frances. Sophie Favier plays the role of the mistress of Charles de Beaumont.

[edit] Plot

In the 1800s, a rich nobleman from London, Charles de Beaumont (Christopher Pearson), meets Frank, an adolescent, and offers hospitality to the young orphan. According to the usages of his caste, he decides to educate him by himself. But Frank is not an obedient pupil and soon has to be spanked... Charles is surprised when he discovers that Frank (indeed Frances) is not a boy as he believed, but a beautiful young girl with a dark secret ...^[3]