Blue Belle

La fine dell'innocenza
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Massimo Dallamano
Screenplay by	Massimo Dallamano Marcello Coscia [1]
Story by	Massimo Dallamano Marcello Coscia [1]
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers [2]
Starring	Annie Belle Felicity Devonshire Ciro Ippolito Charles Fawcett
Cinematography	Franco Delli Colli [1]
Edited by	Nicholas Wentworth
Music by	Franco Bixio Vince Tempera Fabio Frizzi [1]
Production companies	Coralta Cinematografica Italian International Film Barongreen [1]
Distributed by	P.I.C. Produzione Intercontinentali Cinematografiche [1]
Release date	1976 (1976)
Countries	United Kingdom Italy [2]
Language	English

Blue Belle (also known as Annie, Teenage Emanuelle, The End of Innocence and La fine dell'innocenza) is a 1976 drama film directed by Massimo Dallamano and starring Annie Belle, Felicity Devonshire, and Maria Rohm. ^{[3] [2]} It was written by Dallamano and Marcello Coscia.

Premise

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.

Cast

• Annie Belle as Annie
• Felicity Devonshire as Linda
• Ciro Ippolito as Angelo
• Charles Fawcett as Michael
• Al Cliver as Philip
• Maria Rohm as Susan
• Linda Ho as Genevieve
• Yao Lin Chen as Chen
• Rik Battaglia as Superintendent
• Ines Pellegrini as Sarah
• Linda Slade as Caroline
• Tim Street as Harry
• Ted Thomas as George
• Patrizia Banti as Su

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "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." ^[4]

References

1. "Blue Belle [La fine dell'innocenza] (1976)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Blue Belle". BFI Film & Television Database. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. "Blue Belle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
4. "Blue Belle". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 44 (516): 39. 1 January 1977. ProQuest   1305832687.

External links

• Blue Belle at IMDb