Café Flesh story

movie: Cafe Flesh (1982) · 1982

In the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse, 99% of the survivors are sex Negatives - they become violently ill if they attempt to have sex. The minority sex Positives are forced to engage in carnal theater for the entertainment of the Negatives at Café Flesh. Everyone is excited about the arrival at the club of the famous Positive Johnny Rico, and one Negative woman is beginning to question her negativeness as she and her boyfriend grow more distant from each other.

9 total · 3 major · 6 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
boyfriend and girlfriend major Negatives Nick and Sophie longed to have sex with each other like they used to do before the nuclear holocaust.
hedonism major Some of the 1% of people who were expected by society to have public sex continuously really enjoyed their work.
post-apocalyptic dystopia major The film is set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse that left 99% of people unable to have sex without becoming violently ill. These people, called Negatives, frequented clubs to get their jollies by watching people from among the remaining 1% of people cavort like the Greeks of old.
lesbianism minor Shown was some hot lesbian action.
nonconsensual voyeurism minor A Café Flesh patron secretly watched other cafe goers engage in various acts of sexual depravity.
nuclear holocaust minor The film is set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, but nothing much was made of the nuclear war.
romantic jealousy minor Nick was jealous of the stud Rico because his girlfriend lusted after Rico.
sexual debut minor A young woman lost her virginity on stage at the Café Flesh.
World War III minor The nuclear apocalypse was suggested by one man to have occurred during this hypothetical future war.