Review of Summer Lovers (1982) by Blais E — 04 Dec 2010

Depending on your sensibilities, this is either a sweet, almost lyrical statement about progressive, forward-thinking young people with no sexual hang-ups, or a smutty, soft-core sex-romp with ample female skin on display.

Being the open-minded yet salacious pervert I am, I say, why not a little of both? Lucky Peter Gallagher travels with his girlfriend (A lean and lovely Darryl Hannah at her lankiest-) to Greece and meets a beautiful cat-eyed Archaeology student (The stunning Valerie Quennessen, who unfortunately made only a handful of movies due to her untimely death-) and all three embark on a free-wheeling, uninhibited menage-a-trois which eventually becomes a three-way affair of the heart.

Very scandalous taboo subject-matter for the time, but well-acted among the three principles, with gorgeous cinematography, and a refreshingly-open and honest European-style approach to sex and all its trappings.