In Praise Of Older Women

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An Interesting Movie.......2006-06-13

I know the movie was made almost 30 years ago.However it definately portrayed sexual understanding or lack of it in some cases based on experience and individual maturity.A little far fetched but an entertaining movie.Most men and some women knows someone like the main charachter.

I've always had an eye out for this film.......2006-03-14

I saw this movie over 20 years ago on the Playboy channel and was surprised that it wasn't your basic porn movie. It actually had a story about a guy's early history of gaining experience from and learning about love with older women. I never forgot this movie and I have seemed to have paralleled this guy's life in many ways.

I bought the Platinum print of this DVD. The print quality is just so so, with ok sound. And there is chapter skipping at the beginning and ending credits of the movie. So 4 stars for this DVD.

In Praise Of Older Women: Sex Education By Trial And Error........2005-01-22

In this movie, a young Tom Berenger portrays a young man in Post-World War II Hungary who falls in and out of love with numerous older women. His character's infatuation with older women begins as a child during the war, when he loses his virginity to a middle-aged prostitute. From there, he moves to Budapest to go to college, and moves in with an older woman, portrayed by Karen Black. They fall in love with each other. Then the woman's best friend, portrayed by Canadian stage actress and artist Marilyn Lightstone, joins them in social events. Eventually, Ms. Lightstone's character seduces Berenger's character, and in a memorable scene of seduction, she entices him to have sex with her on the living room floor. But Ms. Black's character catches them in the act, and she breaks up with Berenger's character and kicks him out. Berenger then falls in love with a female resistance leader during the 1956 Hungarian Crackdown by Russian troops and tanks. She departs for deep cover, and Berenger's character emigrates to Canada. It is there that he begins a relationship with a woman more closer to his age, portrayed by a young Helen Shaver. Eventually they engage in a erotic strip scene before having sex together. But they end up breaking up also. At the end of the film, Berenger is now a teacher, who sets up a date with a younger female student, and the film ends. The eroticism is very good in this film, but it leaves you wanting more. For me, Marilyn Lightstone, despite her little screen time, stole the spotlight with her eroticism and her sexy body. Helen Shaver shows that she is willing to put out in a movie, also. She would go on to even greater levels of eroticism in the movie "Desert Hearts". Unfortunately, Tom Berenger never lived up to the potential to be a "leading man" actor that this film showed promise of when it was made. Instead, he was confined to character roles, such as in the movie "Gettysburg". But this film gives the viewer a glimpse of what Tom Berenger could have been had mainstream Hollywood had given him his chance to shine.

In Praise of Older Women (En brazos de la mujer madura)

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In Praise of Older Women (En brazos de la mujer madura)
Starring: Juan Diego Botto , Joanna Pacula , Carmen Elías , Rosana Pastor , and Florence Pernel
Director: Manuel Lombardero
Manufacturer: Lolafilms Home Ent
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ASIN: B0009K7RN4
Release Date: 2005-09-20

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ANDRÉS is an adolescent forced into manhood by two important events; the Spanish Civil war, which separates him from his mother and takes him to the front in search of her, and a very elegant roll in the hay with a charming and highly seductive COUNTESS (Faye Dunaway), shortly after his arrival there. Thus begins Andrés own personal battle with the female sex, a battle which will last far longer than the military hostilities between Republicans (with whom Andres fights) and Fascist which tear him apart from his mother only to throw him into the arms of a series of mature lovers who between them will guide him through the minefield and adult life. Andrés is given a chance to follow up on his erotic and sentimental adventure with the Countess when his Sergeant sends him home from the trenches, the execution of two prisoners being too much for the young man to bear. Having no home to go to, however, Andrés is sent to the Sergeant's house in Barcelona where JULIA (Ingrid Rubio), the Sergeant's stunning daughter, will carry out her very own kind of blitzkrieg on Andrés' senses.

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ASIN: B000E6IJ5S

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Starring: In Praise of Older Women , and Backfire
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Release Date: 2005-06-07

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In Praise of Older Women (En brazos de la mujer madura) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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In Praise of Older Women (En brazos de la mujer madura) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
Director: Manuel Lombardero
Manufacturer: Warner
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ASIN: B000N19ZI4

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Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Subtitles), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy comes of age at the hands of several older women while searching for his mother. Based on a best-selling novel by Stephen Vizinczey and set during the course of the Spanish Civil War, the drama begins when callow Andre is sent home to rejoin his mother when war breaks out. En route, he is waylaid by Republican soldiers who take him to their camp. There he encounters a coquettish British countess who offers him his first taste of sexual intimacy. Later the countess and her spouse return to England and Andre is sent to the home of Julia where he has his second experience. From there, he is captured by the fascists and only meets his mother after the war ends. Fortunately, for him, he has three more encounters waiting for him after that. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Trailer(s),

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