''Daughter of the Jungle'' ( it, Incontro nell'ultimo paradiso/ ''Encounter in the Last Paradise'') is a 1982 Italian
romantic adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi (6 August 1931 – 19 October 2017) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.
A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unr ...
and starring
Sabrina Siani
Sabrina Siani (born Sabrina Seggiani in Rome, 1963) is an Italian film actress. She also used pseudonyms such as Sabrina Sellers and Sabrina Syan. She starred in numerous films, mostly violent cannibal films and sexy barbarian "sword-and-sandal" m ...
.
Plot
Ringo and Butch, young Americans who intend to explore the Dominican Republic's forest, rent a boat and venture out on a large river. Lost their way, after ending up in a rapid, they are captured by a tribe of indigenous people, who are then attacked by some adventurers in search of rubies. Ringo and Butch escape to safety by escaping with Susan, a blonde girl who grew up in the jungle since she was a child in a plane crash. Ringo then finds an old, half-destroyed helicopter, which belonged to Susan's parents, and manages to repair it. Helped the natives to chase away the violent adventurers, they leave for the United States together with Susan, with whom Butch has fallen in love, with the rubies stolen from the criminals.
Cast
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Sabrina Siani
Sabrina Siani (born Sabrina Seggiani in Rome, 1963) is an Italian film actress. She also used pseudonyms such as Sabrina Sellers and Sabrina Syan. She starred in numerous films, mostly violent cannibal films and sexy barbarian "sword-and-sandal" m ...
as Luana/Susan
* Rodolfo Bigotti as Ringo
* Renato Miracco as Butch
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Sal Borgese
Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a st ...
as Dupré
*Mario Pedone
See also
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List of Italian films of 1982
A list of films produced in Italy in 1982 (see 1982 in film):
References Footnotes
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External linksItalian films of 1982at the Internet Movie Database
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Films directed by Umberto Lenzi
Italian adventure films
1980s adventure films
Films about castaways
Films about survivors of seafaring accidents or incidents
1982 romantic comedy films
1982 films
Italian romantic comedy films
1980s teen romance films
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films
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