''Sunswept'' is a 1962 British naturist film directed by
Edward Craven Walker (as Michael Keatering) and starring Liza Raine and Yannick Philouze.
[Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'', Titan Books 2011 p 44]
Plot
A group of naturists visit nudist camps in
Corsica
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, the
Isle of Levant, and
Yugoslavia
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.
Cast
* Liza Raine as narrator
* Yannick Philouze as underwater swimmer (billed as "Yannick")
* Ingrid as piano player
* Karen as water skier
* Elizabeth Walker
* Lita Soria
Reception
''
The Monthly Film Bulletin
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those wi ...
'' wrote: "Stunning
Eastman Colour photography; unselfconscious nudists sunning themselves, swimming underwater and giving midnight pianoforte recitals;
Tchaikowsky and a flowery commentary on the soundtrack. Approved by the Federation of British Sun Clubs, the film is genuinely wholesome and rather charming in an artless kind of way."
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Kine Weekly
''Kinematograph Weekly'', popularly known as ''Kine Weekly'', was a trade paper catering to the British film industry between 1889 and 1971.
Etymology
The word Kinematograph was derived from the Greek ' Kinumai ', (to move, to be in motion, to ...
'' wrote: " 'Fig-Leaf' opus, brilliantly photographed in Eastman Color. ... Producer-director Michael Keatering's lensing, particularly of the marine sequences, is superb, while Liza Raine's commentary strengthens continuity. The film's not only a boost for 'nature in the raw,' firmly endorsed by the Federation of British Sun Clubs, but also delightful and bracing entertainment. Persuasive and innocuous, it's enough to make prim Aunt Agatha cast her clouts!"
References
External links
*{{imdb title, 2171506
British drama films
1960s English-language films
Nudist films