The Beloved (1971)

Yanni returns to his homeland, on a Greek island, after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenager passion, Elena. She is a married woman now, and adultery leads to ... See full summary »

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writer:

George P. Cosmatos

Stars:

Raquel Welch, Richard Johnson, Jack Hawkins

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Yanni returns to his homeland, on a Greek island, after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenager passion, Elena. She is a married woman now, and adultery leads to violence and crime.

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Restless

Filming Locations:

Cyprus

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curtwel Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Eaten Alive! (1980)

User Reviews

On the contrary, there was good reason. . .

I could not disagree more with the previous reviewer about "Sin", which is the on-screen title of the copy of this film that I own. Raquel Welch exudes a credible, earthy sexiness in this film that is separate and apart from her usual bikini-clad sexbomb image, although the director's attempts to downplay her beauty obviously failed. She has almost no dialog for the film's first half, but in the film's latter half she gets the opportunity to deliver the kind of respected performance she never received in her American made cheesecake features. It is a shame more people have not seen her work in this film. By contrast, the brilliant yet troubled Frank Wolff, who is usually so good in his roles, seems a little flat here, but knowing his suicide was only a year away could explain his apparent distraction. Hopefully the fact that his character makes a relatively early exit in this film was not was caused life to imitate art. As for the film itself, it is very well-acted by the remainder of the cast, beautifully photographed and obviously well researched and made with the kind of accuracy given to detail that is indicative of a careful, skilled director and production team.

Obviously someone liked this film, as four years later Luigi Scattini remade "Sin" with Leonard Mann, Enrico Maria Salerno, Carroll Baker and Zeudi Araya (in Welch's role) as "Il Corpo" ("The Body").