Romance X (1999)

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AKA: Romance
Directed by: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Caroline Ducey (Woman), Sagamore Stévenin (Boyfriend), Rocco Siffredi (Paolo), François Berléand (Robert)
Country: France, Effed Up European Movies
Language: French (English subtitles)
Runtime: 01:38:32
Genres: Bondage, Infidelity, Unsimulated Sex Acts

Plot – Spoilers:
A woman (apparently called Marie) resents the space her boyfriend forces between them. He isn’t keen on sex with her and might even be gay. She doesn’t suspect this though and withdraws further into self-loathing. Is she hyper-sexual or just sexually malnourished?

Director Catherine Breillat is the queen of intellectualizing sexuality. So don’t be too disappointed with yourself if you find yourself thinking, “Will this woman ever shut the fuck up” every time Marie engages in a sexual endeavour.

What begins as regular sex with a guy she picked up at a cafe, soon morphs into self-degradation as Marie tries her best to turn into an intellectualized cumdumpster. But instead, she ends up finding her zone.

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Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
January 19, 2026 9:10 pm

Everyone says that it’s a sad ending. I was happy at the end, except for the cat. I don’t remember seeing the cat at all until the end. Maybe it was supposed to be symbolic or something. 4 stars.

bingers
bingers
October 13, 2025 12:26 pm

She should have taken the cat. What a fuct up lifestyle! definitely deserves an Effedup notch.

wan
wan
August 23, 2025 5:39 pm

very good story with sad ending

True Patriot
True Patriot
November 10, 2024 12:10 am

Admin’s synopsis is very accurate. This movie is essential viewing for those who can appreciate acts of sexual depravity as a means of rejection. Also, there’s a fair amount of nudity for all those looking for that.

The production was very well done and often left me feeling empathetic to the main character’s POV and subsequent actions.

If you’re looking for absurdity here it is!

9/10

Ray
Ray
September 16, 2024 12:06 am

this was a pretty decent movie but bro the cat died…

Luis
Luis
September 14, 2024 3:08 am

Lo siento, pero al fin encontré alguien con mas voz en off q meredith grey… not like…

Russ
Russ
January 20, 2024 11:30 am

A pretty good story with a sad ending.

GT
GT
May 7, 2023 8:45 am

When I saw Rocco Siffredi, I realised that this was a real porn

Dmksskdmnckekwowo
Dmksskdmnckekwowo
March 3, 2023 8:33 pm

Im dissapointed in myseld

too
too
January 7, 2023 7:39 am

Very nice… but too bad that the woman didn’t agree to anal sex with Rocco

whofuckingcares
whofuckingcares
January 6, 2023 5:47 am

dear admin; ily. i’ll never be grateful enough for all the Breillat’s material that you provide me. it’s really difficult to find her movies online. let’s make out

Joey
Joey
June 15, 2022 3:00 pm

Love how angry the comments come across as everytime a movie about sex gets uploaded lmfao, never thought this site would become a dumping ground for raging incels

Kikitza
Kikitza
June 11, 2022 6:43 pm

Can you hug me now

Nancy
Nancy
January 2, 2022 2:43 am

The ending…ok this was an interesting movie…don’t know what to make of it.

standifs
standifs
December 8, 2021 8:12 am

Good film, and it makes me glad I’m not a French beta male.

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
September 10, 2021 9:50 pm

WARNING: This review contains huge spoilers! I have intentionally spaced them out from the body of the review & placed them at the bottom in order to prevent said spoilers from jumping out of nowhere. *sigh* Well, I guess I can’t complain too much since I did go into this movie with both eyes wide open, knowing that it was gonna be possessed of a gynocentric perspective & strapped myself in for the full ride. But I was holding out some small modicum of hope that this wouldn’t be another piece of sappy, mellow dramatic, poorly reasoned, intellectually disingenuous, anti-male horseshit. But regrettably, today’s feminists deserve a big A+++ for rabid consistency! Never failing to disappoint. Poor little Marie takes an introspective journey into her own limited understanding of Hunan sexuality because of her lack of sexual fulfillment. Taking very little responsibility for her own actions, she stays with a tiny dick prude that has about as much interest in fucking her as a castrated Panda would, but she stays just the same (In all fairness, people do fall in love with the wrong people for the wrong reasons & the emotion of love & it’s accompanying loyalty are not like water from a faucet that can be turned on & off at will). Nevertheless she does stay with the idiot prude with the centimeter peter & fucks around on him (can’t fault her for that either!) But with every sexual encounter, the message that her sexual naïveté is made… Read more »

TangerineFupa
TangerineFupa
September 7, 2021 7:04 am

Well that was something.

Anonymous
Anonymous
July 19, 2021 5:51 pm

Everyone is talking about her hairy vag but no one is talking about how awfully small the bf dick is lol

Kanarese Squint
Kanarese Squint
July 15, 2021 10:39 pm

sinister selection admin !
nasty, villainous, evil righteousness

Gone Girl
Gone Girl
July 14, 2021 5:57 pm

Thanks admin,
Romance X made me feel nasty.

muff diver
muff diver
July 14, 2021 9:33 am

dammmm. look how hairy that thing is 😀

Heidi
Heidi
July 14, 2021 9:03 am

I like Catherine Breillat as a director on a par with the plague – on second thoughts, prefer the plague.

Karnataka Drip
Karnataka Drip
July 13, 2021 8:22 pm

Hey admin,
You’ve outdone yourself this time !
Watching Romance X made me feel like
someone dipped me in used cooking oil.

joe
joe
July 13, 2021 1:05 pm

its a art porn…thx

Porușniuc Adina
Porușniuc Adina
July 12, 2021 5:00 pm

O pierdere de vreme…