The Beloved (1970)

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writer:

George P. Cosmatos (writer)

Release Date:

May 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A man. A woman. Their love forbidden. Their passion uncontrollable.

Plot:

Yanni returns to his homeland, on a Greek island, after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenager passion...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Raquel Welch	...	Elena
Richard Johnson	...	Orestes
Jack Hawkins	...	Father Nicholas
Flora Robson	...	Antigone
Renato Romano	...	Yanni
Dimitris Hadjivangelou
Maro Kafkaridou
Constantine Lyras
Andreas Nicolis
Elli Panayotou	...	Elias Aletras
Françoise Pascal	...	Papis Filipides
Elena Tournazi
Ismene Zachariadou
Lenia Sorocou
Natalia Stefanou	...	Maro Kafkaridou

Also Known As:

Restless
Sin (UK) (alternative title)

Runtime:

Portugal:88 min | USA:75 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (1974) | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cyprus

Company:

Curtwel Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Times Square (1980)

Raquel Welch Never Looked Better

This movie hit the theaters overseas in Sweden in September of 1973, and never made to the states until 5 years later in May of 1978, starring the gorgeous Raquel Welch as Elena, Richard Johnson as Orestes, and Jack Hawkins as Father Nicholas. Orestes is arriving to Islands by boat to grieve the death of his father. Orestes grieves turns to anger when he finds out that his father had left him nothing. Orestes spots his old friend Hector in the village and Hector invites Orestes to his home where he introduces him to his mother and his wife Elena. The next day, Hector is working in the fields when he sees his mother and Elena coming towards him. Hector wants to know why his Elena comes to the fields even after she was told not to. Hectors mother tells him he forgot his pills and she makes him take them. Hector trying not to look bad in front of his fellow man tells Elena to get out of here. While Elena is leaving, she looks across the fields and smiles at Orestes. Orestes talks to Father Nicholas about a piece of land that he has and wants to know if the good father would be interested in the ground. The next day while men are digging inside this wall of rocks the men come across a skull. Father Nicholas takes this skull and puts it on display while charging people pennies to come and worship this skull. That night, Hector, Orestes and Elena all go into town for a night of drinking, eating and dancing. The next day with all three suffering from hangovers Hector is pushing, Orestes is pulling and Elena is sitting in a wagon. Hector stops, falls down, and passes out, while Orestes takes Elena and forces himself on her. At first she fights him trying to get him of f of her, but within minutes she gives into him and they make love. The questions are will Orestes over stay his welcome, or do things get Restless between Orestes and Elena. I have some personal thoughts of my own about the movie. There's not a real lot of action in this picture and not really to much adventure either. The only reason I bought this movie was none other then the gorgeous Raquel Welch. Her role as the abusive wife was excellent in this movie. You were able to get a good look at her talent and even a better look at her gorgeous body. For this reason and for Raquel Welch only I give this movie 10 weasel stars. If you're looking to buy this movie you can buy it Amazon.com in both DVD and VHS.