original
Spanish title: LAS ADOLESCENTES [The Adolescents]
also known as THE TEENAGERS
director:
Pedro Maso
starring: Koo Stark
· Susan
Player
· Anthony
Andrews
· Cristina Galbo
· Eduardo Fajardo
· Jack Taylor
In
this cautionary coming-of-age film, an innocent girl named Ana (Koo
Stark) attends a prestigious English boarding school. After adjustment
[and initiation hazing], she accompanies two of the more brazen classmates
to London where they get mixed up with some men who specialize in blackmarket
porn. It's all rather unsavory exploitation, punctuated by racism [the
lead rapist is a black man known as the Jamaican, see pic above
left]. But the colorful scenes of mod Swinging England
are remarkable, as well as stellar performances from Susan Player (from
Sergio Martino's FIRST
COUSINS) and Koo Stark [in her debut].
This
film (and subsequent productions EMILY
and JUSTINE:
CRUEL PASSION) received much notoriety in the British gossip
press because Koo Stark was engaged to Prince Andrew. He was publicly
indignant, condemning the films and asking for them to be banned. Instead,
the relationship came to an end and Koo Stark missed the opportunity
to become the Duchess of York.
Note:
Despite being shot in the UK, this is a Spanish film with English subtitles.
A
Spanish film, with optional English subtitles, 92 min, widescreen,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include theatrical
trailers.
Nudity,
Violence, Sexual Brutality, Rape, Drugs
for Mature Audiences
