Two initial scenes that define the spirit of Supersex: a boy named Rocco Tano discover (for the first time) a comic for adults; He is trapped by those erotic pages, to which he returns again and again. Then, his older brother gives him the following maxim: “Men and women have dynamite between their legs. “He who controls, controls everything…” So it begins the new series on the life of the great porn star Rocco Siffredi.
The Italian production of Netflixwhat’s wrong seven 50-minute episodes, begins in 2004 at an adult film convention in Paris. There, of course, the big star is Siffredi, who is introduced as “the man who made porn real and who made porn his life”. He, amazed by the fame and the crowd, declares to everyone’s amazement: “I won’t do porn anymore”.
The rest of the episodes are time skips ranging from Rocco as a child in Ortona (Italy), his small hometown, to life in Paris where he began working in a restaurant and the brilliant arrival at the Hollywood cinema without speaking a word of English. All nuanced, obviously, with sex scenes that paint Rocco as an animal. “You don’t know what feelings are. You penetrate, you empty yourself, you leave”, a woman reproaches him in one of the episodes.
Francesca Manier’s creation is supported by the elegance of the sex scenes and the good performances of Alessandro Borghi and Adriano Giannini, in the roles of Rocco and his brother Tommaso. The episodes They raise some interesting questions about the porn industry that they don’t fully develop or sink their teeth into. with the depth it deserves. For example, the complaints of her female colleagues about her brutality in the scenes, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.
Alessandro Borghi in the role of Rocco Siffredi. Instead, he dedicates long minutes in episodes to Rocco’s toxic and exhausting bond with his brother, a man with an alcohol problem who runs bars and restaurants. Those scenes, along with excessive use of voice-over with seemingly profound and poetic reflections on love and desire, They take strength away from a series that also suffers from narrative hitches and languishes in the final episodes.
“Rocco, the largest penis in the world”they all tell him when he sees him, as a form of flattery. If Siffredi was the man who made porn more real, this series doesn’t prove it. He gets lost in off-screen reflections (“we give them more than sex; we give them desire and the freedom to desire”), in the dilemma of sex with or without love and in the family network, which becomes repetitive with a love-hate brother and a mother who wanted a son who was a priest or, at least, capable of falling in love with a woman.
“You know how to fuck, but you can’t make love”a woman says to Rocco in one of the final scenes, when everything softens and the idea of the man who seems to have everything but is missing something is born. It is paradoxical that the story of the great Siffredi becomes something boring, without vigor or strength.
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Qualification: Regular
Drama Protagonists: Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine Trinca and Adriano Giannini Creator: Francesca Manier Problem: Netflix Duration: seven 50-minute episodes.
Source: Clarin
