Affluent young couple Joseph and Maria are facing problems of intimacy in their marriage due to Maria's troubled past. Both agree to see a marriage counselor but, unbeknown to Joseph, Maria is also seeing a mysterious and most unconventional sex guru named Baltazar. Deeply hurt, Joseph confronts this enigmatic "teacher," only to fall under Baltazar's spell and begin his own sensual journey. ~ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
A provocative drama about sex, love, and trust, Bliss concerns Joseph (Craig Sheffer) and Maria (Sheryl Lee), a young married couple whose relationship is in serious trouble. While they love each other, Maria has difficulty opening up to Joseph, and, after six months of marriage, he makes the unhappy discovery that she's been unable to have an orgasm with him (though she's been willing to let him think otherwise). At work, Joseph and his co-workers notice a steady stream of beautiful women visiting an apartment across the street; the scuttlebutt around the office is that some sort of shady sex therapist works out of the building. One day, Joseph is shocked to see Maria visiting the apartment, and he bursts in and demands to know what's happening. The apartment does indeed house an unlicensed sex therapist, who goes by the name of Balthazar (Terence Stamp), and, before long, Joseph realizes that Balthazar's teaching are about the mind as much as the body, and that he's less concerned with orgasm than with "bliss," which he considers an emotional and spiritual as well as physical state. Before long, Joseph has convinced Balthazar to teach him what he knows about tantric healing and sex, in the hope that he can help heal Maria's emotional scars, as well as help himself become a better man. Bliss was the debut feature for writer/director Lance Young. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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1. Start [5:27]
2. Faking Orgasm [2:51]
3. Every Hour on the Hour [4:06]
4. If You Love Me [1:59]
5. Still Fragile With Joseph [2:43]
6. Maria-Sighting [2:23]
7. A Private Talk With Alfred [3:27]
8. Tea With Baltazar [7:15]
9. Exterminating Ants [1:45]
10. 5:45 A.M. [3:19]
11. How Joseph Makes Love to a Woman [4:19]
12. The Room on the Left [1:31]
13. The Bliss Caress [1:46]
14. Dancing With Baltazar [1:02]
15. Nine Movements [1:54]
16. Maria's File [5:53]
17. "We Just Sat in Bed." [2:56]
18. Finding the Sacred Spot [2:24]
19. "I Feel It!" [3:29]
20. A Local Call [2:10]
21. Doing It Maria's Way [1:45]
22. Movements 1-4 [4:50]
23. Doctor's Report [5:13]
24. "We Need to Seperate" [4:07]
25. With Baltazar [1:59]
26. What Daddies and Little Girls Do [1:11]
27. If You Love Me II [5:00]
28. Eva [5:54]
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Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video
Art Director - Willie Heslup
Art Director - Eric Norlin
Casting - Glenn Daniels
Cinematographer - Michael Molloy
Composer (Music Score) - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Costume Designer - Jori Woodman
Executive Producer - Matthew O'Connor
First Assistant Director - Jack Hardy
Production Designer - John Willett
Production Designer - David Lloyd Fischer
Sound/Sound Designer - Michael McGee
