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Bolero

An adventure in ecstasy.

1984 · 1h 45m · R Drama, Romance
Directed by John Derek

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Overview

Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her couplings.

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Poor Bo no sooner has her initial introduction to amour than the new lover gets gored in a sensitive location, putting him out of commission.

Variety Staff, Variety
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Erotic, surely, only for the very easily pleased.

Bob Baker, Time Out
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The real future of Bolero is in home cassette rentals, where your fast forward and instant replay controls will supply the editing job the movie so desperately needs.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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For some reason, the movie's sex scenes, which are relatively few, have been directed as slapstick.

Janet Maslin, New York Times

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