![]() ![]() Released by a band of Chinese thieves from a wooden crate in which she boxed herself to travel to the Far East, plucky Gwendoline (a pre- Witchboard Kitaen) resumes a search for her scientist father, who disappeared in the mysterious land of the Yik Yak while searching for a rare black butterfly. Loosely adapted from the John Willie comic strip, The Adventures of Sweet Gwendolyn, this weird but endearing conflation of period adventure film, S&M fantasy and goofball comedy manages to cram about ten different genres into its first act alone, then continues to switch gears for a wild ride that threw many viewers in the '80s expecting another Raiders of the Lost Ark rip-off. Severin Films (Blu-ray & DVD) (US R0 HD/NTSC), Nucleus (DVD) (UK R0 PAL) / WS (2.35:1) (16:9) / DD5.1, Accord Parental (France R0 PAL) / WS (2.35:1) (16:9)Īfter the international success of his glossy, kinky softcore classics like Story of O, Emmanuelle and Lady Chatterly's Lover, director Just Jaeckin did a surprising about-face for his final film to date, Gwendoline. ![]() Starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Rougerie
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