''Bleu Nuit'' (English: "Midnight Blue") is a

television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...

that was

broadcast Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...

late night on the Télévision Quatre Saisons, or TQS,

television network A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...

(now called

Noovo Noovo is a Television in Canada, Canadian French language, French-language Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The network has five Owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated a ...

) in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada, from 1986 until 2007. The content of the series was

softcore pornography Softcore pornography or softcore porn is commercial still photography, film, imagery, or even audio that has a pornographic or erotic component but is less sexually graphic or intrusive than hardcore pornography, defined by a lack of sexual p ...

, mostly

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an films. The series was popular with both

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and

anglophones The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, making it the largest language ...

living in Quebec, as well as in other provinces in Canada that received the network. ''Bleu Nuit'' was considered a mainstay part of Québécois culture.

Films shown on ''Bleu Nuit''

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Beau-père ''Beau Pere'' (), also known as ''Stepfather'', is a 1981 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, based on his novel of the same name. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse and Maurice Ronet and is about a 30-year-old pianist who has a ...

'' (''Stepfather''), (1981) Note: it was the broadcasting block's debut film on Bleu Nuit broadcast on September 13, 1986, six days after the channel station's launch. * ''

Black Emanuelle ''Black Emanuelle'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Emanuelle nera'') is a Softcore pornography, softcore sexploitation film from 1975 directed by Bitto Albertini. The film was set in Africa and shot mostly in Kenya. The music was composed by Nico ...

'', (''White Emanuelle'') (1976) Note: Italian Version of ''Emmanuelle'' with one "M". Stars

Laura Gemser Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer. She is primarily known for her work in Cinema of Italy, Italian Sex in film, erotic cinema, most notably the ''Emmanuelle#Other film ...

* ''Black Emanuelle 2'' (1976) * ''

Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez ''Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez '' (''"The Fashioned in Saint- Tropez"'') (1983) is a French B movie by Max Pécas. It was a very big success when it came out in the theaters. It is the first part of Max Pécas's "Saint-Tropez" trilogy, the two ot ...

'' (''The Fashioned in Saint- Tropez'') (1983) * ''Coups de Matraque avec Cynthia'' (''Clubbing with Cynthia'') * ''Deux femmes en or'' (''Two Women in Gold'') (1970) * '' Emmanuelle I (1974), Emmanuelle II (1975), Emanuelle III/Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977), Emmanuelle IV'' (1984) * ''Emmanuelle & The White Slave Trade'' (1978) Note: the sex scene at an African

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under a vehicle hoist was highly discussed. * ''L'Enchainee'' (''The Chained'') (Italy 1985) * ''Equateur'' (''Equator'') (broadcast 9 June 1990) * ''Fanny Hill'' (1983) (broadcast 21 July 1990) * ''Die heissen Nächte der Josefine Mutzenbacher'' (''The Hot Nights of Josefine Mutzenbacher'') (1981) * ''Hôtel Exotica'' (1998) * ''Je t'aime moi non plus'' (''I Love You, Me Neither'') (broadcast 28 July 1990) * ''

La Bonne ''La Bonne'' (aka "Corruption") is a 1986 erotic romantic drama directed by Salvatore Samperi starring Florence Guerin and Trine Michelsen. Plot The film takes place in Vicenza in 1956. Anna, a beautiful lawyer's wife, feels abandoned by her ...

'' (''The Maid'') (1986) * ''La Chiave'' (''The Key'') (1983) (

Tinto Brass Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the Erot ...

film with Italian actress

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy" (''commedia all'italiana''), starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Ang ...

) * ''Loulou'' (1980) * ''La Vie secrète de Roméo et Juliette'' (''The Secret Life of Romeo and Juliet'') (1969) * '' Le Dernier Tango à Paris'' (''Last Tango in Paris'') (1972) * ''Le Gigolo'' (''The Male Prostitute'') (1960, France) * ''Le journal de désirs'' (''The Journal of Desires'') (2000) * ''L'été en pente douce'' (''Summer on a Gentle Slope'') (1987, France) * ''Malizia'' (''Malice'') (1973) (by Salvatore Samperi, with Laura Antonelli) * ''Malena'' (2000) – Italian actress

Monica Bellucci Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model who began her career as a fashion model before working in Italian, American, and French films. She has an eclectic filmography in a range of genres and langua ...

seduces a young man. The film is set in

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

in 1940 during

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just as Italy enters the war. Malena's husband, who left to join the military is presumed dead and she is seduced by a young man. * '' La Seconda Moglie'' (''The Second Wife'') (1998) – Italian actress

Maria Grazia Cucinotta Maria Grazia Cucinotta (; born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. Internationally she is best known for her roles in '' Il Postino'' and as the Bond girl, credited as "Cigar Girl", in ...

stars in this film based in early 1960s, a Sicilian

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marries an older, crass widowed truck driver with a handsome stepson. When the driver is arrested trying to smuggle an antique, she ends up falling in love with her stepson. * '' Nana : Le Désir'' (Nana, the True Key of Pleasure) (1983) * ''

9½ Weeks ''9½ Weeks'' is a 1986 American erotic drama film, directed by Adrian Lyne, and starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. Basinger stars as a New York art gallery employee who has a brief yet intense affair with a mysterious Wall Street bro ...

'' (1986) * ''

On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez ''On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez'' ("''Let's calm down and drink fresh in Saint-Tropez''") (1987) is the last movie made by French film-maker Max Pécas. It is also the last one of his "Saint-Tropez" trilogy. Cast * Andrée Damant ...

'' (''Let's Calm Down and Drink Fresh in Saint-Tropez'') (1987) * ''

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'' (1991) * ' (''Rasputin – Orgies at the Tsar’s Court"'') (1983) * ''Rendez-vous'' (''Appointment'') (1985) * '' Rosa la rose, fille publique'' (''Rosa the Rose, public Girl'') (France, 1985) * ''Samanka Ile des Passions'' (''Samanka Island of Passions'') (1982) * '' Tarzan, the Ape Man'' (1981) * ''Tendres Cousines'' (''Tender Cousins'') (1980) - An erotic film that was highly discussed in Canadian society broadcast in 1987 with the famous "Touche Les" ("Touch them") scene. In the summer of 1939 in Provence, France: the 14-year-old Julien has a crush on his cousin Julia, who lives together with his family in their small hotel. Julien has a famous barn house scene with a much older woman who asks him to touch her breasts. * ''Wild Orchid'' (1989) * ''

A Woman in Flames ''A Woman in Flames'' (Die flambierte Frau, literally "The Flambéed Woman") is a 1983 German drama film, directed and co-written by Robert van Ackeren, starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, and Hanns Zischler. The film was selected as the ...

'' (1983) * ''

Y Tu Mamá También ''Y tu mamá también'' (Spanish for ''And Your Mother Too'') is a 2001 Mexican Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy drama Road movie, road film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos Cuarón, Carlos. I ...

'' (''And Your Mom Too'') (2001) – Abandoned by their girlfriends for the summer, rich teenagers Tenoch and Julio meet older woman Luisa at a wedding. Trying to impress Luisa, the friends tell her they are headed on a road trip to a beautiful, secret beach.

Television series shown on ''Bleu Nuit''

*'' Softly from Paris'' (''Série rose'') * ''Super Sexy''Le Devoir (2 June 1990) p.16
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References

{{reflist Television shows filmed in Quebec Noovo original programming Pornographic television shows Canadian late-night television programming 1980s Canadian anthology television series 1990s Canadian anthology television series Canadian motion picture television series

Films shown on ''Bleu Nuit''

Television series shown on ''Bleu Nuit''

See also

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