Softly from Paris
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Série rose: Les Chefs d’œuvre de la littérature érotique is a French television series of 28 episodes of 26 minutes each, produced by Pierre Grimblat and first broadcast from November 8 1986 on to 1990 on FR3.
In 1988 and 1990, Walerian Borowczyk directed four episodes for the series, which consisted of libertine fiction from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Série rose was bought by German and South-American and American television where they were known as Erotisches zur Nacht or Softly from Paris (USA).
The cast included Pénélope Cruz, directors included Belgian director Harry Kumel (Daughters of Darkness), French colleague Michel Boisrond (Cette sacrée gamine) and Polish director Walerian Borowczyk (The Beast).
Harry Kumel's contributions were separately released as The Secrets Of Love: Three Rakish Tales.
Authors adapted include Marguerite of Navarre, Comte de Mirabeau, Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne, Anton Chekhov, Chaucer, Guy de Maupassant, Jean de La Fontaine, Théophile Gautier, Daniel Defoe and Aristophanes.
