''Softly from Paris'' (originally ''Série rose'') is a 1986−1991 erotic French

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produced by

Pierre Grimblat Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

and initially broadcast on

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. 26 episodes of 28 minutes each were produced.

Plot

''Softly from Paris'' is an anthology series where each episode features an author.

Episodes

List of episodes with main characters and director. # "Augustine de Villebranche" (

Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...

- Alain Schwartzstein) # "La Fessée" (

Marguerite de Navarre Marguerite de Navarre (french: Marguerite d'Angoulême, ''Marguerite d'Alençon''; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Quee ...

Harry Kümel Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgian film director. His 1971 vampire feature ''Daughters of Darkness'' (''Les lèvres rouges''; Fr, "The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe and the United States. He als ...

) # "Le Libertin de qualité" (

Comte de Mirabeau ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * A count in French, from Latin ''comes'' * A ...

Juan Luis Buñuel Juan Luis Buñuel (9 November 1934, Paris – 6 December 2017, Paris) was a film and television director, screenwriter, and actor. His films include ''Expulsion of the Devil'' (''Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse'', 1973) and ''La Femme aux ...

) # "L'élève" (

Nicolas-Edme Rétif Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term ''retifism'' for shoe fetishism was named after him (an early nov ...

- Harry Kumel) # "La Serre" (

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

- Harry Kumel) # "Une villa à la campagne" (

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career a ...

- Maurice Fasquel) # "Le Demi-mariage ou Le triomphe de la vertu" (

Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term '' retifism'' for shoe fetishism was named after him (an early nov ...

- Harry Kumel) # "Le Partenaire inattendu" ( Geoffrey Chaucer - Alain Schwartzstein) # "La Revanche" (Guy De Maupassant - Harry Kumel) # "La Mandragore" (

Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( , , ; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527), occasionally rendered in English as Nicholas Machiavel ( , ; see below), was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. ...

Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Eur ...

- Harry Kumel) # "L'Épreuve de l'amour" (Giuseppe Celentano - Alain Schwartzstein) # "Elle et lui" ( Marquis de Mirabeau Mirabeau - Jaime Chavarri) # "Almanach des adresses des demoiselles de Paris" (anonyme 1791 -

Walerian Borowczyk Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk sett ...

) # "Un traitement justifié" (

Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was som ...

- Walerian Borowczyk) # "La Dame galante" (

Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme Pierre de Bourdeille (, – 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French historian, soldier and biographer. Life Born at Bourdeilles in the Périgord, Brantôme was the third son of the baron François de Bourd ...

- Don Kent) # "Les Leçons de Bucciuolo" (

Ser Giovanni Fiorentino Ser or SER may refer to: Places * Ser, a village in Bogdand Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania * Serpens (Ser), an astronomical constellation of the northern hemisphere * Serres, known as Ser in Serbian, a city in Macedonia, Greece Organizations ...

- Péter Gárdos) # "La Conversion" ( Andrea de Nerciat - Christian Faure) # "Le Lotus d'or" (

Jin Ping Mei ''Jin Ping Mei'' () — translated into English as ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' or ''The Golden Lotus'' — is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty ...

- Walerian Borowczyk) # "L'Experte Halima" (''

One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

'' - Walerian Borowczyk) # "À la feuille de rose, maison turque" (Guy de Maupassant -

Michel Boisrond Michel Jacques Boisrond (9 October 1921, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais – 10 November 2002, La Celle-Saint-Cloud) was a French film director and screenwriter. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Career A former apprentic ...

) # "La Gageure des trois commères" (

Jean De La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Eur ...

- Michel Boisrond) # "Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale" (

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...

- Michel Boisrond) # "Le Style Pompadour" ( Marquis de Foudras - Michel Boisrond) # "Lady Roxanne" ( Daniel Defoe - Jaime Chavarri) # "La Grève de l'amour" (

Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...

Aristophane Firmin Aristophane Boulon (published as Aristophane, the French name of Aristophanes) was a Guadeloupe-born cartoonist. A graduate of the French schools École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and European School of Visual Arts, he began wor ...

- Nino Monti) # "Le Signe" (Guy de Maupassant - Fred Hilberdink) French anthology television series 1980s French television series 1990s French television series 1986 French television series debuts 1991 French television series endings French-language television shows Erotic television series {{France-tv-prog-stub de:Erotisches zur Nacht es:Serie rosa fr:Série rose