FURY ON THE ISLAND (1970/76) Libertad Leblanc rarity
4388DVD
With
South American Starlet Libetad Leblanc
Original
Argentinean Title: FURIA EN LA ISLA
director: Oscar
Cabeillou
starring: Libertad Leblanc · Enzo Viena · Luis Medina
Castro · Zelmar Guenol · Nino Udine
Lily
helps run a shanty resort on a tropical island where tourists take day
trips on steam boats and are entertained by the locals in a dive/bar
restaurant at night. Her boyfriend Tomas wants to leave the island and
start a new life with Lily. But she likes it there. And, besides, she
doesn't want to abandon her only family, an aging uncle who owns the
tour boat. Meanwhile, the Mafia has chosen this island as a rendezvous
for a trafficking scheme. The thugs hire Uncle Marcello to help them
move the drugs. But when the old man decides to back away from the deal,
things get ugly for both him and Lilly.
This
film, shot in 1970, is often considered the turning
point for the restrictive censorship climate in South American cinema.
Prior to the premiere, Buenos Aires officials seized the print and returned
it to the theater minus 12 minutes. Producer Hector Otero filed a court
injunction against Argentina's Vice Estándares [Vice Standards]
and won the case in 1976, allowing the movie to be released uncut. It
became la película con las escenas de sexo más fuertes
jamás filmada con artistas Argentinos [the film with the
strongest sex scenes ever filmed with Argentinean Performers]. This
opened the floodgates for a new wave of erotica which included LAS
GUACHAS, ASSAULT
AND RAPE ON 69th STREET, and THE
THIEF, THE RAPIST AND TWO WOMEN
Blonde
actress Libertad Leblanc, born Libertad María de los Ángeles
Vichich Blanco in Argentia. Throughout the '60s and '70s, she concentrated
on roles in exploitative fare like CAPTIVE
OF THE JUNGLE and WITNESS FOR A CRIME. Libertad became "La actriz más
famosa de Sudamérica" [the most famous actress in South
America]. She shot movies with directors in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela
and, of course, Argentina. Miss Leblanc became known for her platinum
blond hair, alabaster-white skin and her perchance for playing good
bad women with an active libido. She retired in 1990 after 30 years
in the movie spotlight.
An
Argentinean film with optional ON/OFF English subtitles; fullscreen format,
uncut (80 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American
machine.
Extras include selected Libertad Leblanc trailers.
Strong
Sexual
Scenes/Male and Female Nudity/Drugs/Rape/Sexual Brutality
For Adult Audiences
