This is a French drama known in English as Those Were the Days.

The suicide of a young student is investigated by a friend.

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Previously in this series:

Kierston Wareing’s brief flash in episode 2

Sarah Greene and Gemma Dyllen nudity in the first episode

A bondage scene doesn’t turn out well for Viktoriya

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Here’s the nudity from the season three premiere.

We haven’t seen her in a nude scene for about a dozen years, and there’s almost none here. All you can see is a little pubic hair ..

… but it’s a hot scene. (And kind of a crazy-ass series!)

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The nudity from episode 1

I found this low-budget indie film by accident while researching Emily Grace. Emily kept her clothes on, but three other women stripped. Rachel Kenery was more than topless. She went Full Heche.

Sex is why we’re all here. Power. Love. Sex. We’re all looking for something. Ten characters each of whose lust sends them on a journey of discovery – sometimes decadent – spearhead the narrative threads in this unconventional American melodrama. The smart characterizations are counterbalanced by intense performances. From the virginal young man to the bored housewife a temptress and a womanizer with a dark secret In Search of Sex dramatizes situations where good people looking for short term solutions find themselves in bad circumstances with long term consequences.

Trivia:

It took Zeke Zelker nine years to write the script. An early draft was a romantic comedy.

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This is a new series from Argentina, with the Spanish title of “Hija del fuego: La venganza de la bastarda.” IMDb classifies it under drama/thriller.

A woman returns to her town under a new identity to take revenge on those who tried to kill her.

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I thought Fionnula would provide the ultimate answer to a previous discussion:

Actresses with a long career but only one real nude one… but that nude role VERY nude. They only did it once but that once was all in.

In this one she masturbated on camera for nine minutes, while reciting a long monologue from Ulysses. Now, THAT is commitment to a role. This is another film that should have a 4K release. There is no HD version, to my knowledge.

Unfortunately, I had had to rule her out for the category. I had forgotten that she was topless in Mr. Patman. In its way, this is a very similar scene, with Fionnula reciting a monologue the entire time. For me, Fionnula, a terrific actress, telling naughty stories in that beautiful Irish accent is unbelievably hot! How could I have forgotten this great scene?

(And there’s no HD version of that one either, to my knowledge.)

Mr. Patman represents an odd lull in James Coburn’s career. Earlier he had been popular as the smug tough guy in a variety of tongue-in-cheek westerns and spy flicks. Nearly two decades later he won an Oscar for his dramatic role as an abusive father in Affliction. This one came in between, when he was trying to transition from the snarky confines of his established screen persona into mature dramatic roles. Although his performances are not generally known for sensitivity and compassion, this low-budget Canadian film gave him the opportunity to stretch his range a bit by playing a tender, charming night orderly who treats mental health patients with a gentle, matter-of-fact grace. That may not have been great casting, but Coburn did bring a certain charisma and a touch of his characteristic swagger to the part, and that gave the character some nuances that were not on the written page.

Although the Patman character has the respect of patients and doctors alike, and enough of a grasp on reality to seduce two competent women, it is apparent that the line between the sanity of this orderly and that of his patients is a thin one. In a surprise ending that surprises nobody since it has been telegraphed in many ways, he ends up checking himself in as a patient.

Author Tom Hedley has an odd resume at IMDb. He is credited with scripting more than one film per year in the early 80s, but wrote absolutely nothing for the screen afterwards, having turned his talents to live theater. The acme of his film career, such as it was, was sharing a Razzie nomination with the legendary Joe Eszterhas for their co-authorship of Flashdance. Some thirty years later, Hedley finally realized his dream of creating “Flashdance, The Musical,” which had quite a successful run in the UK, was popular in Europe, and had a multi-year tour in the USA, although it never reached Broadway.

Flashdance may have been nominated for a Razzie, but it also won Oscar nods, resonated with audiences, and had legs. On the other hand, Mr. Patman accomplished virtually nothing. If you don’t remember this film, you are a member of a very large club. As these words are typed, Mr. Patman has a whopping 76 votes at IMDb, which is one of the lowest totals I’ve ever seen for a feature film starring a major actor. To add some perspective, the obscure Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness has 329 votes! Patman has been forgotten for good reason. The script is just not particularly engaging. The whole production has a sincere, indie vibe, and is obviously intended as a character study, but it doesn’t really have a clear story line to buttress the character development enough to hold the interest of audiences. In other words, don’t expect “Mr. Patman, the Musical” any time soon.

By the way, Fionnula Flanagan is still alive, and still working full-time at age 83.

Where is the 4K release for this movie? Not only is it a great nude scene, but it’s based on a book by Dan Jenkins, possibly the greatest author in the history of the English language. (OK, he’s not a better writer than Shakespeare, but he’s the funniest sportswriter, and always politically incorrect, so he’s more fun than Shakespeare.)

I won’t say outright that this is my favorite nude scene of all time, but it has to be in the discussion! Sadly, I have never seen it in HD.

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That was almost her only nude scene. She spoiled perfection with a brief topless scene in The Coriolis Effect, part of a video anthology called Kisses in the Dark (1994)

Somebody raised another topic in a discussion thread: actresses who did memorable nudity in a significant role in their one and only movie, or 100% of their movies if they were in more than one.

That will be a small club, I think. He mentioned Paloma Picasso in Immoral Tales.

The only other one that comes to mind immediately is Lisa Baur in Animal House. That was her only film, it was a significant film, and she had a significant speaking role, so she technically meets the criteria. IMDb says she appeared as an unnamed contestant in one episode of Charlie’ Angels, but that (1) isn’t a film, and (2) seems too insignificant to consider.

I thought about that woman who was in Zabriskie Point and married Dennis Hopper, but it turns out she was in one other film.

Except for the sorts of disposable, unknown actresses who appear in exploitation films, I couldn’t think of another.

Another one from Carlos T. Jackal. This one is correct for sure:

I’ve got one for you: Lia Beldam. Who is Lia Beldam? Her IMDB filmography lists exactly one role. One completely nude, well-lit scene with a major Hollywood star. You’ll know it as soon as you read it: THE SHINING – “Young Woman in Bath.”

HimHim offered this one:

This comes with some caveats but an actress named Courtney Abbott is nude multiple times in the movie “Act Naturally.” In looking at her IMDB she has multiple other credits but they are shorts, music videos, shows, and video games.

This came up in another thread.

This aired in 2003, about eight years before her full-frontal scene in Take This Waltz.