The Little Death (2014)

THE LITTLE DEATH  (2014)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Josh Lawson
    Josh Lawson, Bojana Novakovic, Kate Box,
    Damon Herriman, Tasneem Roc, Erin James,
    Patrick Brammall, Lachy Hulme, Lisa McCune,
    Ben Lawson, Kate Mulvany, T.J. Power
Five middle-class couples, all living in the same suburban neighborhood, struggle to come to terms with their secret sexual idiosyncrasies. What turns you on? Your partner sleeping? Your partner crying? Rape fantasies? Role playing? Telephone sex? They're all catalogued here in episodes that range from generally amusing to downright hilarious. Connecting all the stories (or at least turning up from time to time) is a single, middle-aged guy, a registered sex offender, who introduces himself to his new neighbors by baking them politically incorrect gingerbread men. The last segment, about a hearing-impaired video-telephone operator acting as an on-screen translator in the transaction between a phone-sex worker and her deaf client, is the best. The title comes from the French expression "le petit mort," meaning "orgasm." The ending puts a somewhat more literal spin on that.