Il sole nella pelle

Summer Affair is kind of an Italian version of Romero and Juliet, intertwined with themes of free love, overbearing parents and a sun-baked island. The film is basically the story of a young girl who is enticed by a good looking, 'free spirit', much to the dismay of her father. The pair spends time together and eventually they end up on a boat. The boats gets out of control and the pair find themselves on a deserted island together. Meanwhile, the girl's father gets the police involved to try and 'save' his daughter. It has to be said that the film isn't all that interesting - not a great deal really happens and it tends to rely on the themes of the plot rather than the plot itself. The film does look nice, however, and director Giorgio Stegani does a good job of capturing the sun drenched locations and the picturesque island at the centre of the story. The film stars the beautiful Ornella Muti in one of her first roles, and while she doesn't get a great deal to do; she is always nice to look at. Starring alongside her is Alessio Orano and the two share a believable chemistry. The plot really is rather predictable and the film doesn't feature any surprises either. I wouldn't heavily recommend anyone goes out of their way for this film...but it is at least a decent watch.

Lisa (Ornella Muti) meets a bunch of hippies and falls in love with guitar player Robert (Alessio Orano). Her father seems to think 'never trust a man with a flower tattoo' and asks Lisa to stop the relationship. The young lovers run away and end up shipwrecked on an island. But the police will search for them even there, and they are hunted mercilessly, getting into a desperate situation...

"Il sole nella pelle" seems a little dated with the hippies and the police who'd arrest them anytime, including a discussion at dime novel tragedy level about longing for freedom while it can't be achieved. But in the end, it's first of all a movie about foolish love, when a young girl is blind for the consequences, and it is a safe bet that still happens as often as back in 1971. Luigi Pistilli, one of the great character actors of the Italian cinema with an unforgettable face, plays the Chief of Police. 16 year old Ornella Muti took a bold step towards fame (or at least scandal) here with her first nude scene (her debut "The Most Beautiful Wife" did without such a scene, but is a more powerful movie).

On those days, Europeans still believed in the built-in good nature of Man. So, the boy is a healthy, sympathetic guitar player who won't force the little girl into sex unless she is willing to be initiated in this sole reason to exist (the goddess Reason was long gone, after the reason-shattering slaughters of WW1 and WW2, and god Hazard hadn't been put in her place yet). Anyway, only extreme examples as this (the film) will proof such empty theories... Also: much to the contrary of what "sheenafilm" states in his (her)review of Il Sole nella Pele, Ornella Mutti doesn't appear in the nude scene. The credits clearly say that the scene was taken with the sole participation of an over-eighteen model.

The story is simple, a young girl and her boyfriend at a desert island, they found the love.

I remember this movie, I was 14 years old, and yes this movie is from 1971, someone dude about the release date. It was one of the first erotic movies I ever saw.

Compare with Blue Lagoon and other movies like this, I think this one is much better, the film locations are paradisaical, and Ornella was so young, She looks gorgeous!!

The music score was a very good part of the movie, so if you review, a young and beautiful actress, a smart and perfect photography, ans a music score that make you dream, this movie could be rated as a very good movie for the 70's Italian film industry

A very young Ornella Muti plays a rich girl who falls for an older hippie boy. Her parents don't approve and try to stop her from seeing him so they run away to a villa (Her parents') by the sea. Later they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. The plot focuses on the efforts of the police to figure out where the girl is, which is set against the developing relationship between the two young people. As there is only brief nudity, the film really can't be considered an erotic movie. It's a coming-of-age story in the context of a struggle between "free love" and established, conservative values and power. It's also known as 'Sunshine on the skin'.