**Perversion and aristocracy** The plot of “Body Love” departs from the usual contemplative approach to focus on a narrative axis centered on Martine’s (played by Catherine Ringer, credited as Lolita Da Nova) eighteenth birthday. Her father, an aristocrat known as the Baron, and her stepmother (played by Gwenda Farnel) are a veteran swinger couple who have decided to throw a lavish and decadent celebration at their mansion. The reason for the party is not only Martine’s coming-of-age celebration but also a supposed ritualized sexual initiation for the young woman. The parents act as masters…
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