Il dio serpente
| Il dio serpente | |
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| Directed by | Piero Vivarelli |
| Produced by | Alfredo Bini |
| Written by |
Piero Vivarelli Giorgio Arlorio |
| Starring | Nadia Cassini |
| Music by | Augusto Martelli |
| Cinematography | Benito Frattari |
Release dates | 28 November 1970 |
Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Il dio serpente (The snake god) is a 1970 Italian erotic fantasy film directed by Piero Vivarelli and featuring Italian-based American actress Nadia Cassini in her first lead role. The film is an earlier example of voodoo (and later zombie) themed sexploitation films shot in the Dominican Republic by Italian directors. The theme song of the film, "Djamballà" by Augusto Martelli, reached the first position in the Italian hit parade.[1]
Plot
Paola (Cassini) is in a deteriorating marriage with Bernard (Galeazzo Bentivoglio). After the couple move to an island in the Caribbean, Paola befriends a local woman named Stella (Beryl Cunningham) who introduces her to the cult of the serpent god Djamballà. Paola, first despising the rituals of the cult, soon realises that they represent the passion and lust lacking in her married life. At a ritual where reality is interspersed within fantasy, Paola has sex with a strong black man (Evaristo Márquez) she identifies with the serpent god himself. After her husband's sudden death, she invites her former lover Tony (Sergio Tramonti) to the island to start a new life but understands that Djamballà has become her sole obsession.