Horst_In_Translation Review of Sexuele voorlichting

Sexuele voorlichting (1991 Video)

Sweet, dreamy and, most of all, really informative

[8/10 · 4 December 2019]

"Sexuele voorlichting" or "Puberty: Sexual Education for Boys and Girls" is a Belgian Dutch-language short film from 1991, so this one is almost 30 years old now and it was directed by Ronald Deronge and written by André Singelijn. Both have never worked on another film before or after this one here. Same is true for the two young voice actors we here for this one. I am not entirely sure if they are also the ones we see in front of the camera, but it isn't too important anyway. Also this is the only film by production company Studio Landstar films. In my opinion this lack of further activity has nothing to do with this one here potentially being a bad film. Not at all. It is really a perfect summary of key sex education in under an hour. It starts very basically as we see two babies and how their genitals look different because of which gender they are. Then the film moves on to how genitals change during puberty and how attraction to the other sex comes into affect. There are no taboos either, which is a welcome statement about a film from the early 90s. Masturbation is seen as something positive and they say that myths related to it are nonsense. And finally, the film elaborates on what happens exactly during sex and how this can result in pregnancy. Or cannot result in pregnancy if you use one of the several ways of birth control elaborated on here. It's really all you need to know in a nutshell. Oh yeah, menstruation is also part of this. I thought overall it is a pretty good work. Sometimes it actually felt really sweet like when we see that (wet) dream sequence with the mention of stars and foam/steam coming up from the ground. It's somewhat romantic even. Also when we get to the part where one (older) character is pregnant and they say when explaining how it happened biologically that the most imprtant foundation for pregnancy (and sex in general) is that the two are deeply in love. Come on guys, you cannot feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I mean okay those who have ONS on a regular basis may agree and that is perfectly fine, but I personally thought it was somewhat sweet. There are 2 or 3 other moments like these that feel just right. Annd I also liked the narration choises they made with picking young people from each of the two sexes to elaborate on what you see and not one sterile grown-up narrator for all of it. So yeah, this si certainly a success. Did not expect such a high-quality outcome, but this is one of the best short films from 1991. It is exactly the kind of movie you want your kids to see during biology (sex education) at school and I disagree with the other reviewer that there was too much awkward nudity in here. It was just completely accurate in terms of quantity given the subject I would say. If I found anything a bit awkward or baffling, then maybe the reference that girls when masturbating think of how they played doctor years ago with their friends. I am not sure how accurate this is, but then again I am a guy, so I'll just believe them that. No flaws here really. Highly recommended.