Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (French: Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui, lit. 'Sexual Chronicles of a Family Today') is a 2012 French sex comedy film directed by Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold.^[2]

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Theatrical release poster
French	Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui
Directed by	Jean-Marc Barr Pascal Arnold
Written by	Pascal Arnold Translation/adaptation: Lucy Allwood
Produced by	Pascal Arnold Teddy Vermeulin Jean-Marc Barr
Starring	Mathias Melloul Valérie Maës Stephen Hersoen Leila Denio Nathan Duval Yan Brian Adeline Rebeillard Grégory Annoni Laëtitia Favart Philippe Duquesne
Cinematography	Jean-Marc Barr
Edited by	Jean-Marc Barr Teddy Vermeulin
Music by	Imaro Quartet
Production companies	Toloda Monkey Pack Films Super Sonic Productions
Distributed by	Zelig Films Distribution
Release date	9 May 2012 (2012-05-09) (France)
Running time	Original release: 85 minutes Edited version: 79 minutes[1]
Country	France
Language	French

Premise

After youngest son Romain is caught filming himself masturbating in class, his mother Claire rounds up the family to talk about their sexual experiences.

Cast

• Mathias Melloul as Romain
• Valérie Maës as Claire
• Stephen Hersoen as Hervé, Romain's father and Claire's husband
• Nathan Duval as Pierre, Romain's older brother
• Leila Denio as Marie, Romain and Pierre's adopted sister
• Yan Brian as Michel
• Adeline Rebeillard as Coralie, Romain's friend
• Grégory Annoni as Cédric
• Laëtitia Favart as Nathalie
• Philippe Duquesne as the school director

Release

The original French release contains extremely explicit sex scenes and nudity featuring pornography actress Leïla Denio, Faustine Dubois, and Lola Bruna (Mailys Amrous). The version released in North America omits much of the explicit sex and nudity.^[3]

Reception

The film received negative reviews, currently holding a 0% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews, with an average score of 3.1/10.^[4] On Metacritic, based on 5 critics, the film has a 34/100 rating, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[5]