So this is just Victorian era soft pawn.
Modern feminists must be beside themselves when watching movies like this.
However, some aspects of the movie bear closer inspection. Firstly, the start is quite a strange one as the man is 'strangely attracted' to the young boy and is even more attracted at the prospect of caning her for disobedience. Right there you have vague homosexual feeling coupled with an interest in sadism.
Toward the end, we have more caning scenes, visits to brothels and, on reflection, a very young lead actress.
The sets are good as are the costumes, but this is badly acted softcore stuff.
Lady Libertine
1984 [RUSSIAN]
Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers.
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Must have been quite provocative in its day
coy adaptation of Victorian erotica
One of the many anonymous 'erotic' novels of the Victorian age, 'Frank and I' comes to the screen courtesy of Gérard Kikoïne, with Christopher Pearson and Jennifer Inch essaying the main roles of master and servant. It doesn't quite come off, mainly because of the appalling acting of the androgynous Inch as Frank (or is it Frances?), with her baby girl voice and plain-Jane face. It doesn't help either that the main focus of the book (the submission-domination angle) is squished into one scene which fails to be really convincing.
The trailer for the film manages to be better than the main feature itself, and that's no mean feat. The Victorians knew how to write this sort of thing, but it doesn't necessarily mean that 20th century film-makers know how to portray it on the screen. 'Frank and I' manages to be quite limp, miserably shot and woefully scripted. Not one I'd particularly recommend.
I SAW IT AND EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR
Man who owns manor meets a young boy along the road. Guy has plucked eyebrows, long lashes, full lips and a bubble butt. OMG! It's really a girl! Didn't see that coming! Guy makes "him" his girlfriend and also has one in London. Get flashback of girl's life at a brothel for more sex and nudity scenes.
Full frontal nudity of Jennifer Inch would be the only real reason to watch this film. About as much as a romance as "The Story of O." Yeah, there's some there, but I can't imagine that is why one would watch it