The Culture of Sex

45min

Documentary

The odyssey of Rodrigo Jarpa, a remarkable and charismatic sexologist who, together with Nathalie Nicloux, a comedian and actress, travels around the world discovering new ways to live and practice sexuality. Each episode is an X-ray of some city and goes deep into a predetermined topic, seen from the local culture, customs and local perspective.

Production Companies

Televisión Nacional de Chile

Villano

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

45min

14th Jan 2015

Tokyo

2. Tokyo

45min

21st Jan 2015

A journey through the varied industry existing in Tokyo. In Japan the population is declining and apparently their inhabitants are increasingly losing interest in the sentimental relationships. Drivers experiment with toys, dolls, and bars where you pay for a hug or a conversation.

Rio de Janeiro

3. Rio de Janeiro

45min

28th Jan 2015

In Carioca paradise, drivers let themselves be carried away by the sensuality that weighs on the atmosphere. From the beach to the living room beauty, and from there to the gym and the surgeon's office, plastic Brazilians set records for plastic surgery and rejuvenating, because they worship beauty.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

45min

4th Feb 2015

Istanbul

5. Istanbul

45min

11th Feb 2015

Drivers submerge through the streets of Istanbul to discover and learn the ways of living sexuality in a society in which East and West mix and coexist harmoniously. Through daily characters and activists, they confront the two sides of the coin, what the most conservative Turks question about the way sexuality is lived in the West, what traditions they try to keep alive.

Shanghai

6. Shanghai

45min

18th Feb 2015

Shanghai has been the main scene of the sexual revolution that began in China more or less a decade ago. Some of the things they find: the industrial production of erotic dolls and sex toys; the state-run sex shops, the practice of prostitution despite its illegality, and the possible extinction of the institution of marriage and family in a society that economically lives in maximum prosperity.

New York

7. New York

45min

4th Mar 2015

A trip to the BDSM community in New York. In this city are every day more those who dare to to experience their fantasies of domination and subjugation. Drivers know the places where this is happening. practice; the stores where you get the instruments and costumes; and they learn experiential different techniques that include lots of latex, strings, whips and masks.

Berlin

8. Berlin

45min

12th Mar 2015

The German capital presents itself as a modern city but quiet; with inhabitants coming from all over the the world; and where one can live as one is given the wins. In this city nudism is something habitual and the drivers practice it.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

45min

19th Mar 2015

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

45min

26th Mar 2015

First air date

14th Jan 2015

Last air date

26th Mar 2015

Status

Ended

Type

Documentary

Original language

es

Networks