La donna dell'isola (1989)

 

An Italian film about a woman who inherits an inn on a beautiful island.  She must go against the corrupt mayor and a scrupulous rich woman to keep her inheritance.

Miriam Rossi (Miriam Axa) arrives on the island of Giglio to claim her grandfather's inheritance - a building on the coast made into an inn.

Miriam steps into the building for the first time.  There's certainly a lot of work to be done.

She walks in on Tamara (Cinzia Scalzi) the maid and her boyfriend (Giancarlo Teodori) having sex.

Miriam introduces herself - along with her studly neighbor archaeologist Matteo Pistocci (Carlo Mucari).

Miriam recruits a bumbling fisherman (Franco Romei) to help get this place ready for business.  He spies on her while she showers.

Miriam notices there's someone at the door.

By the time she gets to door the fisherman is gone, and Tamara's boyfriend is standing there and gets blamed.

Cabazza (Dino Cassio) doesn't like that there's another hotel open for business.  He has owned the only one for years, and doesn't appreciate the competition.

Adelina Cabazza (Elisabetta Lupetti) is his wife.

Adelina is constantly cheating on him right under his nose.

The lover sneaks out the window before her husband arrives.

Miriam starts to take a liking to Matteo.

Tamara and Miriam finally have the place ready for opening.

The government inspector (John Wood) is actually bribed by Cabazza to shut down this resort for violations.

But Miriam has a plan.  She uses Tamara to titilate the auditor.

A little flirtation is all it takes for the government official to pass their inspection in spite of Cabazza's scheming.

Cabazza, suspecting Adelina of infidelity, follows her through town.

He catches his wife having sex with another woman (Anna Gaver).

Adelina is thrown out of the house.  She then goes to live and work for Miriam.

Miriam and the archaeologist's relationship grows.  They have sex, but it's too dark to see much of anything.

Miriam and Adelina discuss how they can foil Cabazza and keep her hotel.

Adelina randomly has sex with a couple strangers.

Matteo and Miriam have sex in the tub.

Matteo thoughfully rinses off Miriam's pubic hair. 

The arrival of Carmina Carlotto (Katy Turner) - a rich woman in the backseat with her two bodyguards (who she also uses as boy toys).

Carmina turns out to be a bigger threat to Miriam than Cabazza.  

She meets with the mayor to purchase a huge swath of land for development.  He's resistant, but she can be very persuasive.

He pulls her panties off and they have sex right on his desk.

So now there's only one person standing in her way: Matteo the archaeologist.  She will need his approval to demolish all these historic homes - which he's unlikely to do.

Tamara the maid sunbathes and has sex on the beach.

Carmina has a devious plan.  She pretends to be drowning in order to be rescued by Matteo who's out fishing on his boat.

Matteo drags her to safety and throws her in his boat.

Once in his boat Carmina tries to seduce Matteo - but he doesn't fall for the bait.

Once on the shore, Carmina is confronted by Miriam.

Miriam beats the shit out of Carmina. Not only are her business development plans thwarted, Miriam is actually elected mayor of the island - and gets married to Matteo.

CHARACTERS
Matteo Pistocci (Carlo Mucari)
Miriam Rossi (Miriam Axa)
Adelina Cabazza (Elisabetta Lupetti) the mayor's wife
Cabazza (Dino Cassio)
Carmina Carlotto (Katy Turner)
Tamara (Cinzia Scalzi) maid
Tamara's Boyfriend (Giancarlo Teodori)
Fisherman (Franco Romei)
Administrative Officer (John Wood)
Mayor of Giglio (Iro Perrore)
Adelina's Lover (Anna Gaver)

 

RATING: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ 5/10 

REVIEW: Take away the nude scenes and this film has absolutely nothing to offer aside from a beautiful setting.  But as I've said before, that's kind of the point of these films so an unfare gauge of a its worth.  It's like saying the McDonald's Quarter Pounder is a good burger, but take away the beef and it's not so good now is it?