Histoire d’O movie storyline. A young woman fashion photographer, known only as O, is taken by her lover René to Château Roissy, where she is subject to various sexual and/or sadomasochistic acts as part of her training to serve the members of the club. O is taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse. She is regularly stripped, blindfolded, chained and whipped. She leaves Roissy wearing an iron ring as a sign of her initiation and indicator to men in the society that she is a sex slave.
O meets a vain model named Jacqueline, whom she photographs and grows enamored with. René introduces O to his much older step-brother, Sir Stephen, and the two men share O, as René wishes O to learn to obey and serve someone whom she does not love. While Sir Stephen proves to be a more severe and strict master than René, O soon believes he is in love with her.
At Sir Stephen’s direction, O is sent to an all-female country house in Samois, run by a woman named Anne-Marie, where she undergoes further beatings and training in submission. O’s visit concludes with having rings pierced into her labia at the request of Sir Stephen, and receiving a brand with his initials.
Sir Stephen tells O that René is in love with Jacqueline, and that O must seduce her and get her to undergo training at Roissy. While at first resistant to getting Jacqueline to go to Roissy, O eventually agrees. Jacqueline moves into O’s flat, and is seduced by her. O reveals her BDSM lifestyle and describes her stay at Roissy to Jacqueline, who is initially repulsed and disbelieving.
Sir Stephen shares O with two other men of his acquaintance, one simply known as “the commander” and the other a young man named Ivan. After one sexual encounter with O, Ivan believes himself to be in love with her and requests Sir Stephen release her. However O refuses to leave Sir Stephen.
Histoire d’O (English: Story of O) is a 1975 Franco-German erotic drama film directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Corinne Cléry and Udo Kier. The screenplay is an adaptation of the erotic novel Story of O published in 1954 by Pauline Réage.
Histoire d’O (1975)
Directed by: Just Jaeckin
Starring: Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Jean Gaven, Christiane Minazzoli, Martine Kelly, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Gabriel Cattand, Albane Navizet, Laure Moutoussamy, Nadine Perles
Screenplay by: Sébastien Japrisot
Cinematography by: Robert Fraisse, Yves Rodallec
Film Editing by: Francine Pierre
Costume Design by: Tan Giudicelli
Set Decoration by: Olivier Paultre
Art Direction by: Jean-Baptiste Poirot
Music by: Pierre Bachelet
MPAA Rating: NC-17 for sexual content.
Distributed by: Allied Artists Pictures
Release Date: August 26, 1975 (France), November 14, 1975 (United States), November 27, 1975 (West Germany)
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