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Turkish Delight (1973) Movie Review

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Actors: Rutger Hauer, Monique van de Ven
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Turkish Delight (1973)
TURKISH DELIGHT is a dutch movie directed by Paul Verhoeven in 1973.

This is a love story between a wild artist obsessed by sex and a 17 years old girl who will scandalize her family by marrying him. After she's left him, Rutger tends his neurosis by practicing wild sex but will come back to Monique van de Ven when she will endure an incurable disease.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Turkish Delight (1973)
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - boatload of casual sex without love - rekindling lost love/marriage
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
Kind of sex: - really kinky sex!
Lover is... - physically ill or deformed

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - wild
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) muscular
Unclothed? - Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - Dutch
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed? - full frontal
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Dutch

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Dutch
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Turkey - Netherlands

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt - seeing full frontal--women - seeing full frontal--men
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - Dutch
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a - book
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