Celebrating 9 years of being on IMDb,I started searching round for a title that I could view to celebrate the day.Taking a look at the DVD's,I suddenly realised that I have somehow never set eyes on leading Euro 'genre' actress Edwige Fenech,which led to me excitingly getting ready to see Fenech in a seductive sounding Giallo.
The plot:
Taking her son Tony on a private cruise after getting him out of a mental hospital (as you do!) Mudy decides that she must help Tony to break out of the shell that he has placed himself in.Desperate to get her son's hair down,Mudy invites oil kingpin Aldo and his wife Paola on the private cruise,in the hope that they will show Tony a good time.Suspecting that a loss of virginity may help Tony find his voice again,Mudy hires a prostitute called Ulla for the cruise,in the hope that Ulla will give Tony the spark he desperately needs.
As days go by on the cruise,Mudy begins to fear that Tony is going deeper into his shell then anyone could ever have expected.Suddenly,Aldo notices that they have sailed near to a remote island,whose sole inhabitants are a farmer and his wife.Catching a glimpse of the wife,Tony begins to have deadly feelings that he has never had before.
View on the film:
Despite the print that I viewed being more than a little bit dusty,Edwige Fenech's (who was only 21 when the movie was made) performance was thankfully still able to shine.Placed in a number of 'different' situations which go from a lesbian 3 sum,to getting VERY friendly with a goat,the beautiful Edwige Fenech gives Ulla a strikingly charismatic side which reveals a ruthless smirk,as Fenech shows Ulla's desire to get every penny out of the hands of Mudy.
Joining Fenech,the gorgeous Rosalba Neri gives a deeply sensual performance as the money grabbing Paola,whilst Mauda Belleroche gives an excellent performance as Tony's deranged mum Mudy, and the stunning Eva Thulin perfectly shows the damage that the cruise-setting elite have done to her quiet life.
Straying close to a number of pretty uncomfortable subjects,co- writer/ (along with Nelda Minucci and Maurizio Bonuglia)director Ottavio Alessi impressively avoids turning the title into a grotesque freak show by openly embracing every bonkers moment that the film has to offer,with Alessi using tight side angles to give the viewer a strong tease of the incidents taking place.Along with the wonderfully outrageous moments,Alessi also uses sharp quick editing,which reveals that not everything is going well at all on the cruise ship.
Whilst the movies appearance is rather fleshy,the writer's take a brilliant swipe at mixing underlying Giallo themes with sly social commentary.Gradually revealing Tony to not be the sanest person around,the writers reveal each of the jet set crew to be obsessed with controlling and owning everything in their sight,with the writers showing their high-life fliers destroying the peace that the farmer and his wife have made on the secluded island,as they become seduced by the seducers.
The plot:
Taking her son Tony on a private cruise after getting him out of a mental hospital (as you do!) Mudy decides that she must help Tony to break out of the shell that he has placed himself in.Desperate to get her son's hair down,Mudy invites oil kingpin Aldo and his wife Paola on the private cruise,in the hope that they will show Tony a good time.Suspecting that a loss of virginity may help Tony find his voice again,Mudy hires a prostitute called Ulla for the cruise,in the hope that Ulla will give Tony the spark he desperately needs.
As days go by on the cruise,Mudy begins to fear that Tony is going deeper into his shell then anyone could ever have expected.Suddenly,Aldo notices that they have sailed near to a remote island,whose sole inhabitants are a farmer and his wife.Catching a glimpse of the wife,Tony begins to have deadly feelings that he has never had before.
View on the film:
Despite the print that I viewed being more than a little bit dusty,Edwige Fenech's (who was only 21 when the movie was made) performance was thankfully still able to shine.Placed in a number of 'different' situations which go from a lesbian 3 sum,to getting VERY friendly with a goat,the beautiful Edwige Fenech gives Ulla a strikingly charismatic side which reveals a ruthless smirk,as Fenech shows Ulla's desire to get every penny out of the hands of Mudy.
Joining Fenech,the gorgeous Rosalba Neri gives a deeply sensual performance as the money grabbing Paola,whilst Mauda Belleroche gives an excellent performance as Tony's deranged mum Mudy, and the stunning Eva Thulin perfectly shows the damage that the cruise-setting elite have done to her quiet life.
Straying close to a number of pretty uncomfortable subjects,co- writer/ (along with Nelda Minucci and Maurizio Bonuglia)director Ottavio Alessi impressively avoids turning the title into a grotesque freak show by openly embracing every bonkers moment that the film has to offer,with Alessi using tight side angles to give the viewer a strong tease of the incidents taking place.Along with the wonderfully outrageous moments,Alessi also uses sharp quick editing,which reveals that not everything is going well at all on the cruise ship.
Whilst the movies appearance is rather fleshy,the writer's take a brilliant swipe at mixing underlying Giallo themes with sly social commentary.Gradually revealing Tony to not be the sanest person around,the writers reveal each of the jet set crew to be obsessed with controlling and owning everything in their sight,with the writers showing their high-life fliers destroying the peace that the farmer and his wife have made on the secluded island,as they become seduced by the seducers.