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Bellesa finds its way
The best vignette release I've seen thus far from the new label Bellesa Films (whose tag line is "Porn. By Women."), this collection of four scenes is notable for the very serious tone and the consistently strong acting performances. Of course, the XXX content is the usual by seasoned pros.
Director Jacky St. James, co-scripting with her regular crew member Shawn Alff, forgoes her usual flippant approach, creating dramatic one-act plays instead, each within the porno approximate 30-minute running time.
Opener titled "The Thing" is a potent glimpse of a couple of characters enacted by Cherie DeVille and Quinton James, seen in just a one-shot sexual relationship, but the writing and execution give them a reality not usually evident in these set-up scenes. Title refers to their interest in swinging, but "that swapping thing", as Cherie refers to it, has not been approved yet by their spouses. But sexual urges cannot be easily restrained (especially in porn), so they get it on hot and heavy without waiting for permission.
Acting is even better in the final vignette "Welcome Back", where Emily Willis tells us about her crush on older Charles Dera, for whom she got a job as an assistant (working out of his home) over Spring Break through her dad, and returns for a summer job off from college.
Dera is gruff and hardly acknowledges her, but she succeeds in seducing him in a dramatic and bittersweet episode.
Less successful are a break-up scene between Scarlit Scandal and Damon Dice, as well as a less-convincing hook-up for Adria Rae with a reluctant Jake Adams. Jake's being uncomfortable getting it on with his girlfriend's sister is a vignette that would have benefited had the sister been cast, but only the 8 principal players appear.
Director Jacky St. James, co-scripting with her regular crew member Shawn Alff, forgoes her usual flippant approach, creating dramatic one-act plays instead, each within the porno approximate 30-minute running time.
Opener titled "The Thing" is a potent glimpse of a couple of characters enacted by Cherie DeVille and Quinton James, seen in just a one-shot sexual relationship, but the writing and execution give them a reality not usually evident in these set-up scenes. Title refers to their interest in swinging, but "that swapping thing", as Cherie refers to it, has not been approved yet by their spouses. But sexual urges cannot be easily restrained (especially in porn), so they get it on hot and heavy without waiting for permission.
Acting is even better in the final vignette "Welcome Back", where Emily Willis tells us about her crush on older Charles Dera, for whom she got a job as an assistant (working out of his home) over Spring Break through her dad, and returns for a summer job off from college.
Dera is gruff and hardly acknowledges her, but she succeeds in seducing him in a dramatic and bittersweet episode.
Less successful are a break-up scene between Scarlit Scandal and Damon Dice, as well as a less-convincing hook-up for Adria Rae with a reluctant Jake Adams. Jake's being uncomfortable getting it on with his girlfriend's sister is a vignette that would have benefited had the sister been cast, but only the 8 principal players appear.
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