Passion Flower Hotel (Andre Farwagi) - This is one of those totally fabulous period pieces, in the sense that there's no way it could be made today: AIDS and paedophile paranoia ensure that any films about unfettered teenage sexuality are on dodgy grounds, and the idea of a COMEDY about schoolgirl prostitutes would make the flesh of any studio executive crawl. Which is a shame, because this is actually rather sweet and charming. The basic premise has Nastassja Kinski sent to a girls' school, where her dorm-mates desperately want to lose their virginities. They decide that the best way is to offer their services to the boys' school, conveniently located across the lake. Thus is born the 'Passion Flower Hotel', though things rapidly get out of hand...
Despite certain qualms about the somewhat young actresses seen wearing a selection of skimpy lingerie - some of whom ARE undeniably cute, notably Kinski, of course - this is a delightful piece of tack, which revels in its political incorrectness. Not so much soft- as fluffy-focus, with industrial amounts of of Vaseline on the lens, and a classic 70's soundtrack from Francis Lai, who also did the other teen-smut classic, 'Bilitis'. You will find yourself watching, mouth agape, at the wonder of it all. As much a product of its time as 'Birth of a Nation', and just as much a classic. A+