Skin Deep

Skin Deep is not a film that easily fits into any particular genre; it has elements of exploitation and sex comedy, but basically this is a character lead drama. The film doesn't really appear to have any sort of point to it; there are some brief tidings of young love, but it seemed to me to be just a by-product of the fact that most of the central characters are young people. In spite of its lack of point, however, I would still rate Skin Deep as an extremely worthwhile effort as the drama is always interesting, and director Marcello Aliprandi excels at capturing beautiful locations, which makes the film really nice to look at. The plot focuses on a trio of young people; a young Casanova, his girlfriend and another friend. They're on a sailing trip, and it's turned upside down when they come across a Norwegian couple whose boat has broken down. The Norwegians are nudists, and after all five of them arrive back at a beach house; the young trio decides to join in by ditching their clothes, and creating sexual tension within the group.

A lot of the film depends on its characters; and they are all interesting enough to make it work. The film doesn't really have a plot to speak of; there are a few minor threads, but basically it all just focuses on the interactions between the characters; and this is always at least interesting. All the cast are good looking and of course the film takes full advantage of the nudist idea and there's plenty of flesh on display; which is nice, especially when you consider the bodies of Ilona Staller and Lilli Carati, which are on show for most of the film. As mentioned previously, the locations are beautiful and exquisitely shot; and this bodes well with the characters. Given the nature of the film, one would be forgiven for thinking that there would be nothing substantial about it; and while that is true to an extent, the characters do at least go through some development. Overall, I have to admit that this film will not be everyone's cup of tea and I wouldn't rate this quite so high if I rated my films objectively; but I don't so I'll just say that I enjoyed it and leave it there.

Skin deep was the title by which i saw it.It was bright breezy full of sea sand nudity and soft core.If this was american made it would be like "Porkys" crude and offensive. This is italian so it has style and joie de veivre. It will never win awards but its pleasant and sensual and likes its character. You could do worse

Whether it is considered a matter of faith, in the sense of being in tandem with nature, how the way bodies naturally look creates a continuity with the ecosystem where the human presence is lacking, or a matter of liberation from myriad constraints of the social urban life, there is something emancipatory in nudism that echoes a relationship where freedom of choice between its members constitutes and solidifies its strength.

A coming of age that follows a group of friends vacationing in the Aeolian Islands, where desire and jealousy burn like the hot sunrays of the Mediterranean Sea. Giuliano (Maurizio Interlandi) and his girlfriend Barbara (Lilli Carati) will spend their summer days on the islands along with their young friend Daniele (Juan Carlos Naya). While sailing, they find a stranded boat in which a young nudist couple is. Being curious at first sight about their nudity, they willingly help them and offer the Swedish pair the opportunity to stay with them at the villa. Since being naked comes naturally to them, Trella (Ilona Staller) and Bjorn (Miki Vouk) do not change their habits while in the villa with their new Italian hosts. Unlike Barbara, who finds it "disgusting," this is something Giuliano seems comfortable with: "Nudism has only good things. Beauty, harmony." That is, until his girlfriend appears without any clothes, surprising him by her newfound unshyness. What begins as something playful to make her boyfriend jealous becomes the new normal, and the trio follows their guests in disposing of their clothes and making their bodies alluring additions to the summer canvas.

Directed by Marcello Aliprandi with a script by Ugo Liberatore and César Fernández Ardavín, Senza buccia explores love and its effects. Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek once equated love to a "cosmic imbalance" where, like in the universe, "particular things appeared when the balance is disturbed." We can draw a symmetry between this definition and what happens in the movie when Trella and Bjorn, out of nowhere, enter into the lives of Giuliano and Barbara. It is clear from the first time he laid his eyes on Trella that Giuliano is interested in her. The blond-haired Ilona Staller resembles a mermaid-like figure with her slender body naked by the sea, an image that captivates Giuliano and troubles Barbara, whose insecurity now finds a vehicle to surface. It is interesting how the film explores jealousy since it exposes its true meaning as nothing but a symptom of a lack. A lack of confidence finding in the other's desire for what one does not have a reason for self-rejection and hatred towards the other but mainly towards oneself. There is a reason why psychologists refer to it as evidence of insecurity, a manifestation of an absence of self-love that haunts its host.

The narrative becomes more tense with the appearance of Adriana (Olga Karlatos), friend of the mother of Giuliano, whose presence will mark a difference with the others due to her preference to keep her clothes on, a preference that will add to the playful eroticism, for instance, by suggesting that the "problem" should be solved by the boys being naked and the girls dressed. Her presence will also have an effect on inexperienced Daniele. He proceeds to follow her everywhere, trying to woo her and give expression to his infatuation. In a conversation with her, Daniele indicates he dreams every night he is a tree, just waiting there for his leaves to grow. Naturally, this symbolizes his self-awareness when it comes to experience, something that troubles him owing to his perceived inability to be the protagonist of experiences and feel like he "lived." By reason of this, like Barbara, he is jealous of Giuliano, but, while his girlfriend is troubled because of his time spent with Trella, his friend is jealous owing to his easiness and beguiling effect with women. Marcello Aliprandi's feature conveys Giuliano's effect on Trella in a picturesque fashion where we see him standing by her while she is on a swing, playfully coming and going, visuals naturally resembling the famous painting L'Escarpolette (The Swing) by Fragonard.