Known as Love Circles in English-speaking late-night channel-watching circles, this film should perhaps have been known as Cigarette Circles as it follows a packet of fags around the world as it changes hands between a succession of beautiful young people who then have sex with other beautiful young people for no apparent reason. Apart from having sex.

There is some nice international scenery. The beautiful young people are beautiful. And young. And often naked (perhaps I should have called them beautiful young naked people). The beautiful young naked people cannot act very well, but the fact that they are naked frequently (but not always) distracts from this.

The idea is quite a good one (and has, of course, been used elsewhere more than once). In this case, it is not executed well.

The image quality is poor - either poor film stock was used or else the version knocking around on late night TV is several generations away from the original. Or both.

This movie is at the pinnacle of a genre produced by an industry before it lost its genuine joie de vivre. Quite simply, the generic, boring, blonde actress type usually found in this type of movie doesn't feature. The actresses in this one are unique, exquisite physical specimens representing the very best of the European and Asian worlds. Usually, in this type of movie one finds only one racial type, and the actresses involved are blessed much more by surgical enhancements and the treadmill than by genetics. That's definitely not the case with this movie. They are clearly NATURAL beauties of the highest calibre, both in body and in the face. What's more, they genuinely appear to be having fun.

There is an element of humour, within acceptable limits. The movie as a whole is highly watchable, mesmerising and stylish. This really is such a breath of fresh air. The locations are stunning. The sets are genuinely elegant and sumptuous. There is such attention to detail, you will note the real Dom Perignon labels on the champagne bottles. A great deal of attention was paid to the actresses' clothing. None of it looks cheap or made for cheap thrills or some cheap effect. All of it is tremendously exciting. The lace looks like real lace. The fur coats look real as well. And there are some splendid 80s fashions on display. The director clearly had an acute sense of what's important and what the elements of visual appeal actually are. The undergarment becomes a centrepiece of many exciting, erotic scenes. Well worth watching - they don't come better than this, and in these days where there is longer any room for creative judgment it's safe to say they will never be made to this standard ever again. 10 out of 10.

Seeing as that if you watched this movie you were most likely a horny young man watching it on late night cable in the late 80's... so I have to give it a high score. It was the only movie of the time I can remember that actually showed penetration. If you watch the very last love scene you will see the sex act being taped on a video camera if you watch on view screen of the camera the sex is 100% real and you see penetration it was one of my first views of porn and for that I salute it.

So in that context, and that context alone I give it a high score...other then that throw the movie away.