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Nacktschnecken (2004)

86 min · Drama, Raunchy comedy

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Directors

Michael Glawogger

Cast

Raimund Wallisch, Pia Hierzegger, Iva Lukic, Sophia Laggner, Georg Friedrich, Mike Supanicic, Brigitte Kren, Elisabeth Holzmeister, Helmut Köpping, Faris Rahoma, August Schmölzer, Christoph Grissemann, Monika Klengel, Andreas Kiendl, Christine Hartenthaler, Martina Zinner, Rupert L. Lehofer, Lorenz Kabas, Detlev Buck, Michael Ostrowski

Three struggling former students try to make a porn film at a country house, but their ambitions collide with romantic tensions and personal discomfort.

The story

Barely getting by in Graz, former students Johann, Max, and Mao are drawn into an unusual money-making plan when crook Schorsch offers Mao 10,000 euros to make a porn film. Johann and Max join in, and a casting call brings in Mara and Martha as prospective performers. The group decamps to Mao’s parents’ large country house while they are away for the weekend, intending to use it as their filming location. Their effort soon runs into friction: Mara and the more prudish Martha clash, and a planned scene is interrupted when Martha faints. As the friends try to keep the project moving, their competing desires and unsettled relationships complicate the shoot.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The three former students Johann, Max, and Mao are barely managing to get by in Graz. Johann works part-time for the post office, while Max is still trying to make his revolutionary advertising ideas a reality. Mao occasionally deals drugs, which brings her into contact with the crook Schorsch. He offers her 10,000 euros to make a porn film of their own. Mao does not know that he urgently needs the money to pay off his beloved yellow Corvette with the car dealer Harry. Johann and Max are quickly persuaded, and a casting call turns up the female leads, Mara and Martha. When Mao’s parents leave for a weekend vacation, the five seize the opportunity and choose their large country house as a filming location. Shortly after they arrive, a problem arises: Johann and Max first have to clear the garden lawn of numerous slugs. Tensions quickly rise between the promiscuous Mara and the comparatively prudish Martha. Filming an oral-sex scene also grinds to a halt when Martha has a fainting spell. During the first night, Johann and Mara film a bedroom scene until Mara starts feeling uncomfortable and pushes Johann away. Meanwhile, Max makes a pass at Mao and confesses that he loves her, but she rejects him. The next morning, Martha has disappeared with her car. Mao, who has so far been acting as director and cinematographer, unsuccessfully searches a brothel for a replacement. While Johann masturbates in the vegetable garden and films a cum shot, Mao steps in as a performer herself and shoots a scene with Max. But Max cannot hide his feelings for Mao and stops. Martha returns late that evening and apologizes to the others. Just when morale seems to have hit rock bottom, Max gives a fiery speech, suggesting they give in to their own urges and simply stop thinking for once. It works: the five have group sex in the garden, and some POV shots are filmed. A little later, Max catches Johann and Mao having sex on the lawn and, in a fit of jealousy, throws the film camera into the garden pond. Although Johann immediately dives in after it, the footage seems to be lost. Schorsch, who has by now accumulated numerous parking tickets, is on his way to the house to inspect the “work.” Raging with anger, he drives the Corvette into a neon sign and vents his frustration at the bar in a nearby brothel. After Martha and Mara leave the house together, the three friends also set off for home. Mao hitchhikes to Graz, leaving Max and Johann alone in the woods. Meanwhile, Schorsch arrives at Mao’s parents’ house, accompanied by the brothel owner and two prostitutes. As the credits roll, Mao’s parents, who have since returned, are seen dancing and making music on the terrace with the four unexpected guests.

Genres

Drama, Raunchy comedy

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