This
ultra-rare film captures a virtually unknown period in actress Jodie
Foster's career. Here is an Italian sex comedy starring Ms Foster, never
released in the United States - nor any other English-speaking country
(also see her French sex coming-of-age comedy from the same period STOP
CALLING ME BABY). Most of the film is set inside cabana No.19, a
large public changing room along a stretch of beach outside of Rome.
The omnibus plot deals with numerous side-stories including a macho
soldier who stuffs his speedo swim-trunks with tissues in an attempt
to hide his thimble-size genitalia; a peep hole which allows the audience
to watch the naked girls' swim team in the adjoining cabana; a priest
with a double penis (see pic below, center); two whores who attempt
to seduce a chasity-belt-wearing insurance agent. Of course there's
also 15 year-old Jodie Foster... she plays bikini-clad Teresina, a pregnant
jail-bait teen whose family is trying to find a husband for her.
By
age six, Jodie Foster had appeared in 100 TV commercials and ad promotions
(she was the iconic model for Coppertone Suntan Lotion). She
would also appear in a lengthy list of television shows between 1966-76,
often as a nondescript kid in My Three Sons or The
Partridge Family but she also landed regular positions on other
show (i.e.,Gunsmoke, 3 times). Jodie finally became
'an overnight sensation' in 1976 with her role as Iris, the teen
prostitute, in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. But with
the notoriety also came controversy.
Hollywood
didn't know what to do with instant 'underage sex star.' Plus
it became obvious that Jodie had picked up some dangerous stalkers [one
of them, Richard Hinkley, attempted to assassinate President Ronald
Regan calming he was doing it "to impress Jodie Foster"].
Her
management company purposely sent Jodie to work in Europe, to take her
out of the spotlight until she would reach legal age in the States.
In Italy, where 'age of consent' is much lower, the studios relished
the idea of making movies with this new Lolita sex star. Neither of
her Euro films [this one nor STOP
CALLING ME BABY] would get released in the United States. Once Jodie
reached 18 years of age, Hollywood welcomed her back with the American
film FOXES in 1980.
Director
Sergio Citti is best known as Pier Paolo Pasolini's longtime assistant
director, as well as the co-writer of SALO:
120 DAYS OF SODOM.
An
Italian film in English language; totally uncut 96 min, widescreen,
DVD
encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT
Extras include selected theatrical trailers
Male
and Female nudity/Strong Sexual Situations
For Matures Audiences
