Jean-François Davy

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Jean-François Davy

Born May 3, 1945 · Paris, France (age 81)

French film producer, director, screenwriter and actor.

Known For

Between Your LegsBetween Your Legs · 1999
Between Your Legs
5.41999
MovieDramaRomance
A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.
It Will Hurt!It Will Hurt! · 1982
It Will Hurt!
2.91982
MovieComedy
A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.
Love ComedyLove Comedy · 1989
Love Comedy
7.01989
MovieComedyDrama
According to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between him and Marie D., whom he met at the Mercure de France in 1922, on the occasion of an article she wrote to appear.
A Very Good BoyA Very Good Boy · 2026
A Very Good Boy
7.02026
MovieDocumentary
From his childhood in a modest family in the Pyrénées to his unexpected career as a porn actor in the 1970s, the film traces the life of Claude Loir, who set out to fully embrace life. His homosexuality and curiosity guide him through encounters that lead into the shadowy, liberated circles of a pre-AIDS era, caught between conservatism and sexual freedom. Loves and lovers, flamboyance and fragility… the film offers a striking portrait of a fearless, hedonistic man navigating desire, identity, and society’s constraints.
The Female ExecutionerThe Female Executioner · 1986
The Female Executioner
4.31986
MovieThrillerAction
Martine is a tough female cop trying to solve the kidnapping of young Caroline by a gang of pornographers. She already has an accomplice inside the gang feeding her information, but progress is hindered by her own police commissioner. In her private live, Martine likes to hang around with her male colleagues, swapping a younger cop for the more mature and experienced Jean.
The Porno KingThe Porno King · 1976
The Porno King
5.31976
MovieDocumentary
This is a documentary on the 70's French porn industry. There are generally two kinds of porn documentaries--those that actually take an insightful look behind the scenes, and those that are just an excuse to show a lot of nudity and XXX porn footage. This is actually somewhere in between. It's generously seasoned with porn footage, but there are also a lot of (fully-clothed) interviews, and they even talk to the owners of porn theaters, some typical porn customers (including some pre-adolescent boys who are walking by the the theater--I wonder what their parents thought of that?), as well as a guy who makes promotional billboards for porn movies although he claims never to have seen one!
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! · 1979
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
4.01979
MovieComedy
The Saracens invade Spain again, but they seem content to compose music and watch the dancers.
L'Enfance du hardL'Enfance du hard · 2013
L'Enfance du hard
2013
MovieDocumentary

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Chasing the MuseChasing the Muse · 2014
Chasing the Muse
5.32014
MovieDocumentary
Jean-François Davy is a legendary French director of erotic cinema, whose work was among the most notable European adult film productions of the 1970s and 80s, particularly his documentaries on Parisian sexuality including Prostitution (1975), Les Pornocrates (1976), and the trilogy of Exhibition (1975), Exhibition 2 (1978), and Exhibition 79 (1979). After an absence of several years, Davy now returns to the erotic documentary genre that made him famous, only now he turns his probing camera on himself as well. Davy and his cameraman travel to the major cities of Eastern Europe – from Prague to Budapest, with stops in between – as the filmmaker searches for a beautiful muse to serve as the leading lady of his next carnal opus. As countless gorgeous young women undress to audition for the camera, Davy keeps looking for a girl with a special quality, and when he finds her, he also finds himself falling head over heels for her charms.

Director

Dirty LoversDirty Lovers · 1971
Dirty Lovers
6.41971
MovieDrama
Pierre is a free-lance glamour photographer who always has to hassle his penny-pinching employer just to get paid while his bored spouse Françoise stays home all day, trying to keep up a semblance of housekeeping. A former model who has apparently done well for herself, Sylvie, makes a pass at Pierre and invites him to her house in the country for the weekend. Claiming an assignment to his unsuspecting spouse, he decides to take her up on it, only to learn that she too is married to the very open-minded Michel who even brings them breakfast in bed after a night of unbridled passion . As a lark, perhaps deciding that turnabout is fair play, Michel travels to Paris to console the lonely housewife, luring her into a threesome with a casual pick-up.

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