Nude Odyssey
Cast & Crew
Franco Rossi
Enrico Maria Salerno
Venantino Venantini
Patricia Dolores Donlon
Elizabeth Logue
Nathalie Gasse
Film Details
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Synopsis
Disillusioned with his jaded life in Rome, Enrico, a middle-aged Italian film director and novelist, travels to Polynesia to film a travelogue. He meets an American fellow-passenger, Margaret, and takes part in an unsuccessful search for her missing husband. He becomes romantically involved with a young Tahitian woman, Matae, and rapidly becomes immersed in the hedonistic lifestyle of Papeete with its endless round of drinking and lovemaking. Later he leaves his group to live with two other women, Tepare and Turere, in a deserted mansion. The news of his mother's death comes as a painful shock, and he finds that his aimless existence no longer satisfies him. He finds no solace in Margaret's materialistic outlook and he retires to a small uncharted island whose native inhabitants lead a simple existence. He becomes friendly with a young boy and meets a devoted priest who teaches Christianity to the natives. From this encounter comes the realization that all of his efforts to escape from his responsibilities have been futile. Enriched by his new perspective on life, Enrico returns to Rome.
Director
Franco Rossi
Cast
Enrico Maria Salerno
Venantino Venantini
Patricia Dolores Donlon
Elizabeth Logue
Nathalie Gasse
Pauline Rey
Vaea Bennett
Jack Russel
Karl Schönbourg
Charles Mau
Giulia Meserve
Arona
Crew
Ottavio Alessi
Otello Colangeli
Golfiero Colonna
Golfiero Colonna
Golfiero Colonna
Alessandro D'eva
Ennio De Concini
Ennio De Concini
Luciano Ercoli
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Alberto Pugliese
Giuseppe Ranieri
Yves Roche
Franco Rossi
Franco Rossi
Giovanni Scarpellini
Danny Small
Film Details
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Released in Italy in 1961 as Odissea nuda; running time: 120 min; opened in Paris in August 1961 as L'odyssée nue; running time: 105 min. Also known as Love-Tahiti Style and Diary of a Voyage in the South Pacific.
