Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Eden no sono (1980)


'A young pickpocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet.'

You might be asking what a young pickpocket at a museum has to do with Adam and Eve, well, not a lot really.  1980's Eden no sono, (The Garden of Eden) does quickly take the young couple out of the city and into a tropical paradise. 


The cute young pickpocket ends up falling  in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his motorbike has broken. An unlikely romance follows.  Part Adam and Eve, with a dash of The Blue Lagoon.  Japanese-Italian production is described as being a bit more arty than your usual exploitation flick and more exploitative than your usual art film


The highlight in the film however, is the adorable Ronnie Valente who plays Michele, the young pickpocket.  I couldn't find out much about Valente, except that even though he only made three films, he was quite the teen idol for a brief time in the early 80's.  There's not a lot of nudity in the film, but there were a few nice rear shots of Valente.

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