Prime Video: Only a few days left to rewatch the best simulated scene in cinema!

In the romantic comedy world, Rob Reiner’s classic When Harry Met Sally is at the top of the pyramid. Here is, above all, his legendary duo, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal – the film made the first world star and icon of the genre – his unconventional love story and an unforgettable mock orgasm scene.

The sequence is daring because if female pleasure has long been a taboo subject in cinema, here it is at the core of the comic scene. The two characters are sitting at a restaurant table when Harry assures Sally that none of his conquests have tricked him into orgasming during sex.

Sally replies that she doesn’t know if they were convincing. To support his reasoning, he starts a very noisy simulation in the middle of the facility, in front of everyone. After this demonstration, one of the clients stops the server and asks:I’ll get the same as himThe role of this woman is played by the director’s mother, Estelle Reiner.

Rediscover the scene:

More than 30 years later, this sequence remains in everyone’s memory and was even parodied for a long time. Thirty takes of this scene were taken before finding the right orgasm. Director Rob Reiner says that to make Meg Ryan scream louder, she faked an orgasm herself in front of everyone. “You see, I had an orgasm in front of my mother“, he added During the question and answer For the anniversary of the film.

Today, the New York restaurant where the scene was filmed, Katz’s Deli, is one of the most popular places for tourists. Just a few days ago, actor Billy Crystal returned to the stage to talk about the film again in front of the cameras of Good Morning America.

When Harry Met Sally leaves the Prime Video platform on December 31.