Jean-François Davy

Directing

Jean-François Davy

Born 1945-05-03 · Paris, France

French film producer, director, screenwriter and actor.

Acting credits

A Very Good Boy poster
7.0

From his childhood in a modest family in the Pyrénées to his unexpected career as a porn actor in the 1970s, the film traces the life of Claude Loir, who set out to fully embrace life. His homosexuality and curiosity guide him through encounters that lead into the shadowy, liberated circles of a pre-AIDS era, caught between conservatism and sexual freedom. Loves and lovers, flamboyance and fragility… the film offers a striking portrait of a fearless, hedonistic man navigating desire, identity, and society’s constraints.

A Very Good Boy

2026

Line Up and Lay Down poster
4.2

Erotic comedy about an incorrigible womanizer whose lecherous love life becomes too much to handle. Things culminate when his jealous friends arrange for his fiancee and his mistresses to meet him at the same time.

Line Up and Lay Down

1973

Clockwork Bananas poster
6.3

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from Gilles' secretary Irma, a former prostitute. They are assisted in the implementation by Max's wife Juliette and Sabine who is mad for Gilles. Unfortunately Gilles has fallen for Florence the daughter of the conservative Prime Minister and his wife. When the Prime Minister tries to shut down the brothel Gilles decides to stand against him in the election.

Clockwork Bananas

1974

Chasing the Muse poster
5.3

Jean-François Davy is a legendary French director of erotic cinema, whose work was among the most notable European adult film productions of the 1970s and 80s, particularly his documentaries on Parisian sexuality including Prostitution (1975), Les Pornocrates (1976), and the trilogy of Exhibition (1975), Exhibition 2 (1978), and Exhibition 79 (1979). After an absence of several years, Davy now returns to the erotic documentary genre that made him famous, only now he turns his probing camera on himself as well. Davy and his cameraman travel to the major cities of Eastern Europe – from Prague to Budapest, with stops in between – as the filmmaker searches for a beautiful muse to serve as the leading lady of his next carnal opus. As countless gorgeous young women undress to audition for the camera, Davy keeps looking for a girl with a special quality, and when he finds her, he also finds himself falling head over heels for her charms.

Chasing the Muse

2014

5 Kittens poster
4.2

A 'gang' of five young women spend their days shoplifting, hitchhiking and having orgies.

5 Kittens

1973

Dirty Lovers poster
6.4

Pierre is a free-lance glamour photographer who always has to hassle his penny-pinching employer just to get paid while his bored spouse Françoise stays home all day, trying to keep up a semblance of housekeeping. A former model who has apparently done well for herself, Sylvie, makes a pass at Pierre and invites him to her house in the country for the weekend. Claiming an assignment to his unsuspecting spouse, he decides to take her up on it, only to learn that she too is married to the very open-minded Michel who even brings them breakfast in bed after a night of unbridled passion . As a lark, perhaps deciding that turnabout is fair play, Michel travels to Paris to console the lonely housewife, luring her into a threesome with a casual pick-up.

Dirty Lovers

1971

In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont poster
NR

On 6 December 2013, a public exhibition dedicated to her memory, Bernadette Lafont l'exposition hommage, was held in Paris. Actors Stéphane Audran, Guillaume Gouix and Alexandra Stewart read some extracts of Bernard Bastide's new biography Bernadette Lafont, une vie de cinéma, including some original letters written by Bernadette. The event was filmed by Gérard Courant and aired as an episode of Carnets filmés, In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont.

In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont

2013

L'Enfance du hard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

L'Enfance du hard

2013

Marilyn - Kleine Spalten, Süsse Lippen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Marilyn - Kleine Spalten, Süsse Lippen

1984

Exhibition 2 poster
6.5

Following the first Exhibition, the famous documentary devoted to the porn actress Claudine Beccarie, Jean-François Davy returns with Exhibition 2. Exhibition 2 is an uncompromising portrait of actress Sylvia Bourdon, a follower of sadomasochism and an extreme, provocative and disturbing character.

Exhibition 2

1978

The Aubergine Is Well Stuffed poster
5.9

In L’AUBERGINE EST BIEN FARCIE, Cathy Duprey takes a job as a meter maid and immediately discovers that her sexy outfit drives men wild! With the help of her colleague, Mika Barthel, they walk the streets of Paris exchanging tickets for pleasure. A delightful slapstick comedy, co-starring Richard Allan, this 1981 classic is a rare X film recorded with live sound, allowing you to hear the real voices of the cast.

The Aubergine Is Well Stuffed

1981

Exhibition poster
3.9

A documentary about the French porn industry, focusing on French porn superstar Claudine Beccarie.

Exhibition

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paméla

1981

Chattes frémissantes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chattes frémissantes

1981

I Am Another poster
NR

Haunted by lustful dreams, Marion becomes shocked when she finds that these are not dreams but sexual encounters with people around her! His obsession is to exorcise this double nymphomaniac who is rotting his life.

I Am Another

2014

Exigences très spéciales poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Exigences très spéciales

1986

Behind the camera

Between Your Legs poster
5.4

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.

Between Your Legs

1999

The Porno King poster
5.3

This is a documentary on the 70's French porn industry. There are generally two kinds of porn documentaries--those that actually take an insightful look behind the scenes, and those that are just an excuse to show a lot of nudity and XXX porn footage. This is actually somewhere in between. It's generously seasoned with porn footage, but there are also a lot of (fully-clothed) interviews, and they even talk to the owners of porn theaters, some typical porn customers (including some pre-adolescent boys who are walking by the the theater--I wonder what their parents thought of that?), as well as a guy who makes promotional billboards for porn movies although he claims never to have seen one!

The Porno King

1976

The Porno King poster
5.3

This is a documentary on the 70's French porn industry. There are generally two kinds of porn documentaries--those that actually take an insightful look behind the scenes, and those that are just an excuse to show a lot of nudity and XXX porn footage. This is actually somewhere in between. It's generously seasoned with porn footage, but there are also a lot of (fully-clothed) interviews, and they even talk to the owners of porn theaters, some typical porn customers (including some pre-adolescent boys who are walking by the the theater--I wonder what their parents thought of that?), as well as a guy who makes promotional billboards for porn movies although he claims never to have seen one!

The Porno King

1976

Love Comedy poster
7.0

According to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between him and Marie D., whom he met at the Mercure de France in 1922, on the occasion of an article she wrote to appear.

Love Comedy

1989

The Female Executioner poster
4.3

Martine is a tough female cop trying to solve the kidnapping of young Caroline by a gang of pornographers. She already has an accomplice inside the gang feeding her information, but progress is hindered by her own police commissioner. In her private live, Martine likes to hang around with her male colleagues, swapping a younger cop for the more mature and experienced Jean.

The Female Executioner

1986

Red Needles poster
6.5

September 1960: on a purely punitive basis, eight scouts must climb the solid mass of Brévent to 2500 meters of altitude. The so beautiful and so majestic mountain which draws up face them very quickly reveals dangerous. All the techniques of orientation learned at the scouts will do nothing there. The teenagers find themselves delivered to themselves. Lost in the abrupt throats, the eight boys are confronted cold, with the hunger and the fear.

Red Needles

2006

Red Needles poster
6.5

September 1960: on a purely punitive basis, eight scouts must climb the solid mass of Brévent to 2500 meters of altitude. The so beautiful and so majestic mountain which draws up face them very quickly reveals dangerous. All the techniques of orientation learned at the scouts will do nothing there. The teenagers find themselves delivered to themselves. Lost in the abrupt throats, the eight boys are confronted cold, with the hunger and the fear.

Red Needles

2006

Red Needles poster
6.5

September 1960: on a purely punitive basis, eight scouts must climb the solid mass of Brévent to 2500 meters of altitude. The so beautiful and so majestic mountain which draws up face them very quickly reveals dangerous. All the techniques of orientation learned at the scouts will do nothing there. The teenagers find themselves delivered to themselves. Lost in the abrupt throats, the eight boys are confronted cold, with the hunger and the fear.

Red Needles

2006

Vive la crise ! poster
4.0

In a futuristic France, computers decide the fate of the unemployed and the homeless.

Vive la crise !

2017

Vive la crise ! poster
4.0

In a futuristic France, computers decide the fate of the unemployed and the homeless.

Vive la crise !

2017

Vive la crise ! poster
4.0

In a futuristic France, computers decide the fate of the unemployed and the homeless.

Vive la crise !

2017

Line Up and Lay Down poster
4.2

Erotic comedy about an incorrigible womanizer whose lecherous love life becomes too much to handle. Things culminate when his jealous friends arrange for his fiancee and his mistresses to meet him at the same time.

Line Up and Lay Down

1973

Line Up and Lay Down poster
4.2

Erotic comedy about an incorrigible womanizer whose lecherous love life becomes too much to handle. Things culminate when his jealous friends arrange for his fiancee and his mistresses to meet him at the same time.

Line Up and Lay Down

1973

La Femme en spirale poster
4.9

Charlotte, a TV commercial director, is given the opportunity to direct an erotic film. In the process, she will free herself from what was restraining her as a modern woman.

La Femme en spirale

1984

La Femme en spirale poster
4.9

Charlotte, a TV commercial director, is given the opportunity to direct an erotic film. In the process, she will free herself from what was restraining her as a modern woman.

La Femme en spirale

1984

Surprise Sock poster
5.5

Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfound freedom.

Surprise Sock

1978

Surprise Sock poster
5.5

Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfound freedom.

Surprise Sock

1978

It Will Hurt! poster
2.9

A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.

It Will Hurt!

1982

Clockwork Bananas poster
6.3

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from Gilles' secretary Irma, a former prostitute. They are assisted in the implementation by Max's wife Juliette and Sabine who is mad for Gilles. Unfortunately Gilles has fallen for Florence the daughter of the conservative Prime Minister and his wife. When the Prime Minister tries to shut down the brothel Gilles decides to stand against him in the election.

Clockwork Bananas

1974

Clockwork Bananas poster
6.3

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from Gilles' secretary Irma, a former prostitute. They are assisted in the implementation by Max's wife Juliette and Sabine who is mad for Gilles. Unfortunately Gilles has fallen for Florence the daughter of the conservative Prime Minister and his wife. When the Prime Minister tries to shut down the brothel Gilles decides to stand against him in the election.

Clockwork Bananas

1974

Clockwork Bananas poster
6.3

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from Gilles' secretary Irma, a former prostitute. They are assisted in the implementation by Max's wife Juliette and Sabine who is mad for Gilles. Unfortunately Gilles has fallen for Florence the daughter of the conservative Prime Minister and his wife. When the Prime Minister tries to shut down the brothel Gilles decides to stand against him in the election.

Clockwork Bananas

1974

So Woman! poster
4.5

Clemence is a brilliant young lawyer who has just settled herself in a comfortable chair. She does not want to be involved in love.

So Woman!

2009

The Acrobat poster
6.6

Leon who works as a bathhouse attendant discovers a passion for the tango that will change his life. He falls in love with Fumée, a young and pretty prostitute who becomes his partner in tango contests.

The Acrobat

1976

Chasing the Muse poster
5.3

Jean-François Davy is a legendary French director of erotic cinema, whose work was among the most notable European adult film productions of the 1970s and 80s, particularly his documentaries on Parisian sexuality including Prostitution (1975), Les Pornocrates (1976), and the trilogy of Exhibition (1975), Exhibition 2 (1978), and Exhibition 79 (1979). After an absence of several years, Davy now returns to the erotic documentary genre that made him famous, only now he turns his probing camera on himself as well. Davy and his cameraman travel to the major cities of Eastern Europe – from Prague to Budapest, with stops in between – as the filmmaker searches for a beautiful muse to serve as the leading lady of his next carnal opus. As countless gorgeous young women undress to audition for the camera, Davy keeps looking for a girl with a special quality, and when he finds her, he also finds himself falling head over heels for her charms.

Chasing the Muse

2014