Educating Clea

Clea (Gaultier) enjoys an exotic and dazzling life working as an assistant for renowned sex therapist Professor Vicomte (Renato). The professor helps people break down their inhibitions and explore their innermost fantasies as a means to unlocking their inner confidence.

While she gets great satisfaction in being part of the process that helps people work through their problems, she gets even greater satisfaction from the passionate, taboo, year-long affair she’s been having with the professor.

But when Vicomte decides to introduce Clea (who recently won Female Performer of the Year at the XBIZ Europa Awards) to his true sexual vices, she becomes entangled in a world of sexual depravity that she finds shocking yet intoxicating. Can Clea embrace Vicomte’s sordid world or will her boundaries be pushed too far and destroy her glamorous lifestyle?

Anytime I see a porn titled “Educating…” I know the story. Young, sexually inexperienced woman is introduced to a taboo world of sexuality by an older man. She is resistant to the lifestyle initially, but ultimately comes to love it, usually gaining the affection of the man in the process. While the story is nothing new, that doesn’t mean it’s destined to be dull, it just takes a certain level of effort to make the story compelling.

Here, Frank Vicomte does a good job through visual elegance of keeping the audience engaged while benefiting greatly from the mesmerizing presence of Dorcel contract star Clea Gaultier. As is fairly standard with Dorcel films that I have seen, this story is told strictly through narration. It would be interesting to see one of these movies not localized just to see if we still get the narration exclusively or if we get to hear the performers speak. Like other directors who shoot for Dorcel, Vicomte uses lots of wide-sweeping, high exterior shots of the city (both during the day and night) and surrounding countryside, which gives the movie a very exotic feel. In fact, Vicomte almost uses the exterior shots as transitions in the movie, like screen wipes. It’s a nice tactic.

Gaultier does a great job being expressive with her face (especially her eyes) so even though we don’t get to hear her speak, there’s never a question on how her character feels. In fact, there are times where Gaultier’s nuanced performance is so good, the narration isn’t even needed.

This movie could almost be considered a Gaultier showcase as her performance keeps the narrative strong and she is in five of the seven sex scenes. Speaking of the sex, I really liked the way it fell in line with the story. The setting is easy, as since Vicomte is a sexologist, every sex scene could simply be his clients getting it on in his office. And indeed, some of them do.

Lilu Moon and Raul Costa book a therapy session hoping to rekindle the passion they’ve lost. Vicomte talks them through their issues and eventually convinces them to cast aside their inhibitions and rediscover each other on his couch while he films them. Odd therapy? Perhaps. Effective? Apparently so! The thing I liked most about this scene was the genuine care on Costa’s face as he slowly plunged himself into Moon’s ass. He felt very much like a concerned lover who wanted to make sure his partner was okay while pushing a boundary. That was a nice bit of character work from him. As for Moon, she starts out hesitant, but as the sex progresses, she becomes less inhibited and ultimately mounts Costa in reverse cowgirl for a sensual anal ride that feels very passionate but definitely contains a taboo element as Vicomte and his camera are never out of the picture for too long.

Clea and Hungarian-born Tiffany Tatum (a relative newcomer to the business, though already sporting XBIZ Europa Award honors) have a sexy encounter in an upstairs loft that is a creative take on the voyeur fantasy. While Clea and Tiffany (Vicomte’s ex-wife) share each other upstairs in the loft, Vicomte himself watches downstairs via security cam and pleasures himself. This is actually a core tenet of the movie’s plot and this scene is not only incredibly sexy, but relevant to the story as well. The music to open the scene is fantastic and I really wish it would have continued throughout the sex. It helped create a wonderful tension at the start that enhanced every caress, kiss and lick that followed. I loved watching Clea’s face in this scene, particularly in the 69 as she just succumbed to the pleasure of Tiffany’s face buried between her ass as her tongue ravished her pussy. The only negative on the scene was the clearly audible barking dog in the background. It was distracting but didn’t last long. Sometimes stuff like that just can’t be helped but I do wonder if something could have been done about that during editing.

Clea and Hungarian stud Renato have a scene together that is equally as plot relevant and intimate as her scene with Tatum, but in a much different way. Here, Renato is the aggressor, but he is gentle with Clea making the scene feel incredibly warm yet explosive in it’s own right. In between the oral and the rest of the action, there’s a narrative bit that could have come right out of Fifty Shades and the two performers play the follow-up sex perfectly. I really like jeweled buttplugs. They’re just naughty enough yet erotic enough to be nasty without being over the top for me. This scene is a perfect example of how to introduce butt plug play to an audience that’s interested but not into the more extreme stuff. Renato is gentle with Clea’s ass, never stops stroking her clit, and leans his body into hers lovingly as he sodomizes her. It’s really, really erotic and sexy. Clea succumbs to him beautifully and neither of them ever breaks character. The audience can absolutely believe this is the first time Clea’s ever had anything in her ass. Great work by these two in delivering my favorite scene in the movie.

Lucy Heart and Totti are another set of clients for Professor Vicomte, but this time, it’s Clea who brings them in for some sexy therapy. This scene is a payoff to the opening sequence and it’s worth the wait. While Heart and Totti get into each other on Vicomte’s famous therapy couch, we get a tease of a four-way as Clea and the professor begin to fondle each other. But the professor and his consort opt instead to give the couple their privacy, leaving the audience to a standard B/G scene. While certainly a missed opportunity for some sexual variety, narratively it fits. A quick yet erotic bit during the scene was watching Clea undress Lucy from her office attire and clothe her in a tight black corset and heels in order to stimulate her boyfriend’s innermost fantasy. Lucy was perfectly nervous, Totti looked believably surprised yet hopeful, and Clea projected a calm sense of natural control over the entire encounter. It was a great bit of exposition for Clea’s character. Totti fucks Lucy’s pussy in doggie over the arm of the couch and after a satisfying humping, she guides him into her ass (to which his moans indicate his joyful surprise) and he takes her ass excitedly.

Clea gets a turn on the therapy couch with Charlie Dean, a client who has been coming to Professor Vicomte regularly. Although initially reluctant due to some occurrences in the story, Clea eventually gives in to her inner angry whore and gobbles Dean’s cock hungrily. He is naturally shocked, and his timid nature plays perfectly with Gaultier’s aggression. After Vicomte rubs her off in her panties, he undresses her then takes his customary seat to enjoy the show. Clea scarfs and strokes Dean furiously into her mouth. It’s a quick scene, but effective in regards to the story.

There’s a second quick scene that again fit the narrative, in which Clea has an epiphany about her situation with Professor Vicomte and makes a pretty serious life-altering decision. As she becomes more sure of her choice, she puts her new plan into action and it turns into a brief erotic solo scene. Clea looks so good lying on the bed in naught but lacy white panties. The music is good, her arousal is intoxicating and watching her rub her pussy with one hand while pounding her asshole with the other was fantastic, even if the entire sequence lasted less than a minute-and-a-half.

The climactic sex scene of the movie is super-stylized and absolutely fantastic. The lighting is brilliant with the entire room being completely dark except for the spotlight on Clea and her partners Charlie Dean and Lutro. The gentlemen wear black suits so when the camera is close on them, their bodies are all but invisible and the image is one of cocks pounding Clea from the darkness. It’s very striking, very erotic and very well done. The guys really ravish Clea in a rhythmic DP that sees both guys thrusting into Clea’s pussy and ass perfectly in sync. The guys are like alternating pistons pumping into Clea’s holes and it’s a thing of beauty. The surprise bonus finish from Vicomte is unexpected, but a fitting climax to the story. Clea comes off as a filthy whore who loves every minute of it and it’s impossible not to feel the sexual abandon and excitement coming off the screen.

This was a fine take on a familiar porn story. Narratively there’s nothing groundbreaking or spectacular here, but Clea’s performance is more than enough to keep things interesting. The sex is really great from everyone involved and even though we don’t get any dialogue from the characters, all the performers do a good job of keeping their characters alive (especially during the sex) and that always goes a long way to making a porn feature work. Lucy Heart turns in a nice performance as well and directors would do well to pair Clea and Tiffany Tatum together again soon because they are fabulous together. I watched this movie on DorcelVision.com, so I was not able to view any of the special features.