Il paese del sesso selvaggio (1972)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio: Techniscope     2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Roas / Medusa Distribution
Executive Producer: Giorgio Carlo Rossi
Producers: Ovidio Assonitis, Giorgio C. Rossi
Associate Producers: Stenio Fiorentini, Marcello Soffiantini
Production Manager: Gino Capponi
Production Co-Ordinator: Giuseppe Bruno Bossio

SCRIPT
Script: Francesco Barilli, Massimo D'Avack

DIRECTION
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Assistant Directors: Franco fantasia, Victor Tourjansky

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Camera: Riccardo Pallottini
Assistant Camera Operator: Dante di Palma
Chief Grip: Tarcisio Diamanti
Gaffer: Giuseppe gabrielli
Underwater Equipment: Technisub

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Editing Room Assistants: Giuseppe Romano, Ivana Tumolo

MUSIC
Music: Daniele Patucchi

SOUND
Sound Technician: Sergio Angeloni
Recorded At: N.C. Studios, Rome, for Cinitalia
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Wardrobe: Osanna Guardini, Ettora Mariotta

LOCATIONS
Locations: Thailand

CAST
Ivan Rassimov (Bradley)
Me Me Lay
Prasitsak Singhara
Sulallewan Suxantat
Ong Ard
Prapas Chindang
Pipop Pupinyo
Tuan Tevan
Chit
Choi
Song Suanhud
Pairach Thaipradt

A British photographer in Thailand, Bradley, flees up-river after stabbing a local thug and finds himself lost in the deep jungles. He's captured by a tribe who force him to take part in their bizarre rituals. Initially, Bradley resists their attempts to induct him into the tribe but as time passes, he falls in love and begins to forge a new live with the tribe. Nearby, however, a tribe of cannibals are lurking...

A ludicrous jungle romp that holds the unique distinction of being the first of the Italian cannibal movies. Lenzi's direction is weak and uninvolving and the acting is pretty much what you'd expect, though Ivan Rassimov's ranting is often a joy to behold. What's really lacking is the gore that Lenzi would unleash in force with his later cannibal movies (Mangiati vivi (1980) and Cannibal Ferox (1981)) - Il paese is an anaemic, underachieving travelogue that will try the patience of even the most ardent of Italian cannibal fans.

UK
Video Distributor: Derann

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Joseph Brenner Associates Inc
Video Distributor: Prism Home Video; Video Search of Miami

USA
Rating: R

Au pays de l'exorcise
Deep River Savages - UK title
The Last Survivor - US title
The Man From Deep River - Alternative US title
Mirage - ??
Mondo cannibale - alternative title
Nel paese del sesso selvaggio
El paise del sexo salvage
Sacrifice! - US title

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Mad Ron's Prevue's from Hell (1987)

MAGAZINES

Bianco e Nero vol.35 no.3/4 (March / April 1974) p.54 (Italy)
review

Filmfacts vol.20 no.8 (1977) pp.177-178 (USA)
reprinted reviews

Shocking Images no.4 p.31 (Germany)
review

SubTerranea no.10 p.10 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror p.264
credits, review

Creature Features Strikes Again p.332
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films III p.230
credits

Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television Credits Supplement: Through 1987 p.558
credits

The Seduction of the Gullible p.57
review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

cannibalism, jungles, animals, reptiles, snakes, cobras, pigs, mongeese, monkeys, brains, tracheotomies

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009