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The unsimulated 1986 sex scene that bored Roger Ebert to tears: “The fellatio is not very erotic”
Marco Bellocchio’s 1986 film *Devil in the Flesh* drew attention for a lengthy, unsimulated fellatio scene, but critic Roger Ebert found it pointless and dull. His review argued that the explicit sequence distracted from the story and made the performers seem like actors rather than characters.
Ebert gave the film 1.5 stars and questioned what the scene contributed to the narrative. He wrote that it was “not very erotic” and suggested the film used X-rated sex mainly to create an aura of the forbidden. The film follows a high school student who becomes involved with one of his teachers.
In short
- Ebert gave *Devil in the Flesh* 1.5 stars.
- He said its explicit scene added little to the story.
- The 1986 drama centres on a student and his teacher.