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| Directed by | Massimo Dallamano |
| Starring | Annie Belle Charles Fawcett Felicity Devonshire |
Production company | Barongreen |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Countries | UK Italy |
| Language | English |
Annie (also known as Blue Belle, Teenage Emanuelle, The End of Innocence and La fine dell'innocenza) is a 1976 film directed by Massimo Dallamano and starring Annie Belle, Charles Fawcett and Felicity Devonshire. [1]
Annie, the mistress of a middle-aged financier, accompanies him on a trip to Hong Kong. When his business interests collapse Annie ends up destitute. She is befriended by a group of socialites and begins her rite of passage in their world.
Colin Pahlow wrote in The Monthly Film Bulletin : "Blue Belle slides comfortably into the apparently still chic hand-me-downs of big sisters Emmanuelle , Black Emanuelle and Vanessa , while conducting her own search for truth, sexual fulfilment and box-office receipts in the ever-dependable Orient. Massimo Dallamano (alias Jack Dalmas when he photographed Leone's Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More ) directs in the current soft-core format: a combination of over-upholstered emptiness and frosty sincerity that effectively reduces characters, locations and story to the level of scenery. Actress Annie Belle re-enacts some of her 'real-life adventures' well enough but Ines Pellegrini's mysterious features (she played Zumurrud in Pasolini 's Arabian Nights) lend this voyage its only real spirituality." [2]