Avco Embassy Pictures
Directed by George Lautner
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
Drifter Robert Walker ends up at an isolated restaurant in Mexico run by a middle aged Rita Hayworth. She thinks he is her long lost son returned after several years, and he plays along for the room and board. Mimsy Farmer is Rita's free spirited daughter, who shows up and threatens to spoil things for him, but instead she plays along as well. The two of them hang out together and after a skinny dip at the local beach start a torrid affair. The confused Walker wants to know more about the person he is impersonating, leading to a series of startling revelations. Filmed on the bleak landscape of the Canary Islands which gives the entire film an almost other-worldly feel. The soundtrack features progressive rock group Clinic and a short Jethro Tull song. Certainly a product of its time, but satisfying and somewhat overlooked thriller in the style of Antonioni.
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