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In this Hand-in-Hand release, the sex is integrated into the story in such a way that the two are inseparable; the sex might even be secondary in this case, as Peter de Rome is clearly using pornography as a means to a larger end.
The film opens with an aerial shot of the Arc de Triomphe as if to convincingly establish Paris as a character in this film. Paris as character is confirmed when the next few minutes are taken up with shots of hairy French (anti) hero Yves, played by Marcus Giovanni, as he drives along the Champs-Elysées, passing any number of landmarks before he ends up at an outdoor café with his pal Jacques. While chatting with Jacques, Yves cruises an American blonde, Michael Hardwick; his character is Adam, though that name is never uttered by anyone in the film, a key plot point. As Adam and Yves develop a relationship, Yves refuses to give his name or learn Adam’s. After all, when Yves locks eyes with Adam he follows him to his home, and they silently fuck, half-clothed. They continue to see each other anyway, taking in all the cultural events of Paris and sharing anecdotes.
Adam recounts, in poetic form, an adventure he had in New York with a neighbor, a bearded mechanic named Bud. They kiss, caress, and dry hump while Adam spouts his poetry in voiceover. After this sexual excursion into “Beat territory,” Adam and Yves have another heavy conversation, one in which Yves laments, in true French cinematic fashion, “there’s nothing new in the world.” Then the lovers who do not speak each other’s names wax poetic about Jean Cocteau and visit Oscar Wilde’s grave. Then they sneak into an old church; through a keyhole in a door they spy Big Bill Eld masturbating.
Later, Adam and Yves make love in front of a fireplace. The last sexual segment in the film is an orgy in the bathroom of (presumably) a black movie theater. After some naughty urinal cruising, some eight men end up entangled—fucking, sucking, and taking cum. This scene, like Bill Eld’s, serves to expand the film’s sexual activity beyond merely Adam and Yves. The final scenes concern the denouement of our part-time lovers and the film ends with Yves watching a female hooker service a businessman in a park. Something he remembers (and we hear in voiceover) ties the film together, however loosely.
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