Softly from Paris
Season 1
An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.
Where to Watch Season 1
26 Episodes
- Une villa à la campagne (Anton Tchekhov)
E4Une villa à la campagne (Anton Tchekhov)A young photographer decides to take a vacation in the countryside, and rents a room in a widow's villa. When he arrives, he discovers that his landlady is not the old lady he had imagined, but an extremely desirable young woman. - Le libertin de qualité (Comte de Mirabeau)
E5Le libertin de qualité (Comte de Mirabeau)A penniless young aristocrat is endowed with astonishing virile power. He chooses to put this particularity to work for his financial needs, courting the wives of the wealthiest men. An expert matchmaker, Mme de Saint-Just, facilitated the libertine's dealings with ladies willing to pay for a few moments of love. This is how he arrives at the home of a wealthy widow. But this eager customer has a young, pretty niece. - Le demi-mariage ou Le triomphe de la vertu (Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne)
E8Le demi-mariage ou Le triomphe de la vertu (Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne)The Comte confides to his friend the Marquis of his intention to marry, but only "halfway". The Marquis agrees, and tells his friend how he and his wife live in harmony. - L’épreuve de l'amour (Giuseppe Celentano)
E10L’épreuve de l'amour (Giuseppe Celentano)In Florence, on April 11, 1584, the influential Medici family wanted to marry their daughter to Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga. His marriage to the Duchess of Mantua had remained childless. To be on the safe side, Vincenzo's future in-laws demanded a "love test": he was to prove his manhood to a virgin in front of a select audience. - Le partenaire inattendu (Geoffrey Chaucer)
E13Le partenaire inattendu (Geoffrey Chaucer)Nicolas and Absalon, two young clerks, are hired by a notary whose wife, Diane, is a superb creature. Equally dazzled by her beauty, they decide to compete for her affections. What they don't know is that their old master is a voyeur. - La mandragore (Nicolas Machiavel & Jean de La Fontaine)
E14La mandragore (Nicolas Machiavel & Jean de La Fontaine)A Florentine, Micia Calfucci, is married to Lucrèce, a young, pretty and honest woman. Their happiness would be complete if they could have a child. Alas, Calfucci confides in a shrewd young man, Callimaque, telling him of his misfortune.. - Lady Roxanne (Daniel Defoe)
E19Lady Roxanne (Daniel Defoe)In England, in the 18th century, Lady Roxane is as pretty as she is poor. Her owner, Mr. Perrault, would gladly give her her rent if she gave herself to him. But the fierce Roxane does not want to prostitute herself and she resists - It will take all the ingenuity of her servant so that Roxane falls into the arms of Mr. Perrault, after a night of love and misunderstandings. - L'experte Halima (Les contes des mille et une nuits)
E23L'experte Halima (Les contes des mille et une nuits)Kamar, who just arrived at Bassra, falls in love with the young wife of the old Obeid. But, until now, nobody has survived to be able to praise himself for obtaining favors from this beautiful, capricious woman. - La grève de l'amour (Lysistrata d'Aristophane)
E24La grève de l'amour (Lysistrata d'Aristophane)Lysistrata the Athenian, wife of Meton and mistress of Euripides, is abandoned by her husband and lover who prefer to wage war against Sparta rather than honor her. She succeeds in convincing the Athenian and Spartan women to organize the first feminist movement in the history of humanity. They go on a "love strike" in order to convince their husbands and lovers to lay down their arms and prefer sex to war.
