La Luna is a film by Bertolucci and it explores the intertwining themes of addiction and obsession overlaid on familial love and commitment.

“La Luna” tells the story of Joe Silveri, a teenage boy who finds himself uprooted and in a foreign environment after his father’s untimely death. His mother, a famous opera signer, submerges herself in her work to deal with the loss, leaving her son to find his own way. Joe loves his mother, especially when she sings but as he tries to make sense of coming of age, being an American in Rome, and finding his place in the world, he longs for something he can count on, for structure and consistency. His mother, Caterina, is absorbed by her art and in contrast to her son, she is at ease in Italy, where she learned her trade. She speaks Italian fluently and surrounded by people who love and support her, she flourishes professionally. She doesn’t even realize that she has been ignoring her son until her assistant reminds her that his birthday is the next day.

Joe overhears that she has forgotten and becomes sullen and dismissive with his mother’s attempts to make his day special. He wanders off from his birthday party with his girlfriend and his mother goes looking for him. Her world comes crashing down when she discovers that he is shooting up heroin. Suddenly her career is unimportant and she starts to obsess over her son. Afraid to be alone, feeling like a failure as a mother, she will do anything to make things right for him. She hounds him for answers but he remains aloof, believing that she is more concerned with her reputation than him. They fight, she frets, he collapses and she calls in a doctor, who tells her what to expect when he awakes. She finds his drug supplier and learns how homesick Joe has been. She tries to payoff the dealer to stop selling his drug, but he gives her a fresh supply instead, saying that her son will be needing it.

Incapable of tough love, Caterina practically smothers her son with everything she thinks he needs. Her obsession becomes incestuous after she alleviates some of his drug withdrawal pain by groping him. She tells Joe that he is half-Italian and continues to try to seduce him, even tries to make him jealous. But he just wants the kind of tough love he needs to overcome his addiction, and become a man. She finally lets him know where to find his biological father. Will he find the parent he seeks or throw it all away, as the spoiled adolescent he has become?

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Family Jewels is an incest porn flick unlike anything I have ever seen. The central character in this film is a single father with a son and two daughters, all living under the same roof. The “kids” appear to be college age, but their schooling is only tangential. The father is extremely low-brow, very basic in his perceptions, desires and communications. His consistently crass dialogue actually becomes an amusing pull through for the sex scenes.

I would say that rather than a velvet sack of the “Family Jewels”, we are seeing a paper-bag of roasted chestnuts. Definitely not a big-budget production, but like the meat of this street fare will warm you up on a cold winter’s day, these scenes are not in the least frigid. Most incest films have some sort of seduction, or rather drawn-out resistance to the forbidden act, this one starts with the two sisters sharing adult toys like they might share makeup. It should be noted that, the sex scenes have typical 70s body hair. So, if a natural sweater turns you on, you will find this movie exceptionally hot.

Family Jewels lacks a maternal role but doesn’t disappoint in familial love and bonding. The first sex scene is between the two sisters with their favorite toys. Dad walks in on them and instead of scolding their lewd behavior, he proves that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, because he is worse than them in his desires to get laid.

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The orgy scene is not the last of the movie. It might not even be the “climax” of this film. The final scene captures the underlying comedic tilt to the film, but not before a bit of a shock. But you have to watch the whole thing to get in on the joke, as it is a subtle undertone to a controversial subject.

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