Cadinot

18 Nov 2022 Score 61 / 100 cadinot.fr Mobile friendly


  • Videos 4 stars
  • Pictures 2 stars
  • Unique 4 stars
  • Size 4 stars
Review score 61
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  • 3 stars Usability
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Introduction to cadinot.fr

Watch the entire vintage catalog of renowned French gay porn director Jean-Daniel Cadinot with his dirty and gritty plot-driven sex scenes featuring French guys in their twenties. These horny guys do it everywhere: bedrooms, warehouses, toilets, outdoors, basements, schools, you name it. 546 streaming, mobile compatible videos and access to a huge gay porn network.

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Since Last Review

  • Site has 11 fewer videos
  • Network has added 4 theaters
  • Site has stopped updating again

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Video info

Videos are streaming only.

546 streaming, mobile compatible videos in MP4 format. Vids play in adaptive player at up to 1196x672 or 1196x898 in 2 speeds. Amateur to good amateur quality, filmed before the invention of HD. No downloads, but other sites have them if you want to pay.

Picture info

Each video has 6 to 12 non-clickable screencaps sized at 1080x720 or so but displayed as large non-clickable thumbs. No slideshows or zip files. Pictures can be individually downloaded at their full size at low-average to average quality.

Bonus content

Tickets and streaming membership work on all 38 theaters in network.

Site issues

This site no longer updates!

Site is no longer updating but network is. Tour claims pertain to network and not this one site.

Membership cost of Cadinot

  • Monthly streaming: $59.95 (recurs every 30 days)
  • 5 Tickets: $5.00
  • 10 Tickets: $9.00
  • 20 Tickets: $15.00
  • 50 Tickets: $30.00
  • 100 Tickets: $50.00

Cadinot Review

I'm old enough to remember Jean-Daniel Cadinot, and there was always such excitement surrounding the release of one of his new video tapes - yes, we used to watch porn on tapes and played them on things called VCRs. This French director was well known for creating plot-driven sex scenes that were gritty and true to life. And a few years ago, his catalog of work started rolling out on Studio Presse's Cadinot theater. We haven't visited the site in just over two years, so let's take a look at how it's been doing.

Cadinot was French, and so are the guys in his films. He filmed in a much different time in gay porn, and he was more interested in creating realism than pumping out porn stars like we see today. As a result, the guys in his films are the type of everyday guys you might see walking down the street; they're horny twenty-somethings with lean, smooth bodies, lots of dark hair, and you can expect plenty of uncut cocks. The guys generally aren't particularly muscular, but sport regular, athletic or gym-fit bodies. Cadinot's guys are the antithesis of the typical Euro porn performers we see today; you won't see any pumped and pretty Czech boys here. But if you like Arab guys, there are a fair number of them, as well as some men of color.

The sex is real and dirty, packed with guys grunting it out wherever they can in duos, threeways, and larger groups. There's lots of dick sucking and ass fucking, and there's heaps of edgier stuff, too, like schoolboys fucking in the dorm room after lights out (of course, they're not real schoolboys), soldiers forcing themselves on prisoners, or street thugs initiating new guys into the gang.

A lot of Cadinot's videos were based on real-life encounters. In one video, two guys cruise and size each other up outside a bus station. It was exciting to watch, and I could feel the tension rising (along with my cock) as these two paced around each other, getting ever closer with each pass until they finally exchange a few words, then head into a toilet to fuck. In another, three guys are doing chores at a military academy; two of the guys turn on the third and rough him up, slap his ass, then force feed him their dicks. Another video sees the pool boy interrupted by a guy who strips naked and dives into the pool, then after a quick swim he lies naked on a lounge chair. With the guy's cute butt just waiting to be touched, the pool boy walks over, all the while groping his stiffening cock in his shorts. He sits down and touches the lad's ass, then leans in and starts licking it. There's so much variety with Cadinot videos that it's impossible to do them justice in a paragraph.

To watch the Cadinot videos and those from the rest of the network, you have two options. There's an unlimited streaming membership, so if you think you're going to be watching a lot of videos, it could be the better way to go. Or if you purchase ticket packages and redeem tickets five or more at a time to watch the videos, and your tickets can be used in any theater in the network. You also have the ability to download entire DVDs, but these are a separate purchase.

The site features scenes from 69 Cadinot DVDs. In total there are 546 scenes that stream in MP4 format in an adaptive player. The videos are available in two speeds and played at 1196x898 or 1196x672 on my large 27-inch monitor. If you have a smaller screen, the videos automatically resize to fit it. The site is mobile compatible, so you shouldn't have a problem watching them on your phone or tablet. The quality varies as Cadinot's directing career spanned many changes in filming technology. If you're looking for crisp HD videos, you won't find them as Cadinot filmed before the invention of HD. But that's not to say that this stuff is unwatchable - quite the opposite. They're quite hot and remind me of the days before we became obsessed with guys with ripped abs, perfect manscaping, lighting, and film sets. The sex feels and looks real.

Each scene includes six to 12 screencaps shown on the page as large-sized thumbs that give you a look at the guys and the action. These screencaps can be saved individually and when you save each thumb, you're actually saving the full-sized image at 1080x720 or so. The quality tends not to be great, and I found some with interlacing. Also, the saved pictures are in WebP format - if you want JPEGs (which I did), open each thumb in a new window and then save it.

In our last review two years ago, we reported the Cadinot theater had stopped adding new scenes. That wasn't surprising since Cadinot himself died in 2008, so there are have been no new DVD releases. While they had added 14 more scenes at the time, they have since removed 11 scenes and four DVDs, so the site is a little smaller. That being said, the network of 38 other theaters is still growing, adding around 100 to 120 new videos every month, so you'll have plenty to watch.

Cadinot is a part of a huge network of 38 theaters that feature mostly European content including 19 more sites with French guys including FrenchPorn, ClairProd, CrunchBoy and Gay French Kiss. There's also lots of fetish and kink sites, many sites offering mature, masculine men and lots more sites. The network says they update 30 times per week, and there are over 20,000 videos.

Let's talk about issues. Cadinot used to allowed members to pay to download some episodes, but this is no longer the case. However, other theaters do allow you to pay to download many of their videos, but not all of them. My biggest problem with Cadinot is that the movies are in French with no English subtitles, that's unfortunate for a director who liked his movies to tell a story. The tour claims like "Thousands of High Definition videos" and "30 new updated weekly" refer to the network, not this site. I was also disappointed that it now takes an extra step to save the pictures in JPEG format.

Cadinot doesn't offer the typical studio porn that we're used to seeing today, but I think this is its strong point. The scenarios are raw and gritty just like sex often is. Guys don't fuck standing for two minutes, then flip into doggy style, then lie back in missionary position until they shoot their loads. Cadinot's videos are much more realistic, and I enjoyed that a lot. And it's exciting to find a director's work all in one place where you can enjoy it in gulp-sized moments at your leisure and horniness. I really like the offering of 546 videos at Cadinot a lot. And don't forget, there are thousands of other videos in the network from many different European studios.

Things we disliked

  • Downloads not available for this site
  • Membership is pricey
  • Videos are older so quality is average
  • Dialogue in French with no English subtitles

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