The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984)
"Gwendoline" (original title)

Gwendoline arrives in China in a box, and is helped out of her immediate predicament by a female contact and a devil-may-care adventurer. She's on a mission to find her father, who was last... See full summary »

Director:

Just Jaeckin

Writer:

Just Jaeckin

Stars:

Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tawny Kitaen	...	Gwendoline
Brent Huff	...	Willard
Zabou Breitman	...	Beth (as Zabou)
Bernadette Lafont	...	The Queen
Jean Rougerie	...	D'Arcy
Roland Amstutz
Jean Stanislas Capoul
Chen Chang Ching
Vernon Dobtcheff
André Julien	...	Tom
Takashi Kawahara
Kristopher Kum	...	(as Christopher Kum)
Loi Lam Duc
Maurice Lamy
Jim Adhi Limas

Storyline

Gwendoline arrives in China in a box, and is helped out of her immediate predicament by a female contact and a devil-may-care adventurer. She's on a mission to find her father, who was last seen searching for a rare butterfly in the Land of the Yik Yak. They confront the evil Cheops in an attempt to find Gwen's lost father and the butterfly, and face many other challenges to their mission.

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Plot Keywords:

butterfly | panties | based on comic strip | erotica | topless female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Outrageous adventures in the Kingdom of Women

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France

Language:

English French

Release Date:

25 January 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films de L'Alma, G.P.F.I., Parafrance Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to director Just Jaeckin the final temple location of the film was actually shot on one stage with "roll-away" walls that were dressed and rearranged before each scene to give the appearance of many different rooms.

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Goofs

During the fight scene on the river between Willard's boat and the Chinamen's Junk, one of the subtitles shows a character's line and then follows it with the word "Bible?" which has no relevance to anything on the screen and seems to refer back to a line at the start of the film.

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Quotes

Willard: Hey, you guys okay? You're not dead or anything?

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Connections

Featured in Hagan Reviews: The Perils of Gwendoline (2011)

User Reviews

Trashy? Yup. Dumb? Sure. Fun? Heck yeah!

A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle while searching for a rare and priceless butterfly. Along the way they run into cannibals, a race of Amazon warriors and all the usual attractions one would expect to find in a lost jungle. That's pretty much all you have to know of the plot, which is mainly an excuse to show off scads of beautiful naked women, gorgeous Filipino scenery, some almost competent action scenes, and Tawny Kitaen. That about covers it. Director Just Jaeckin apparently put a fair chunk of the tons of money he made off his "Emanuelle" movies into this one, and it shows; the film doesn't look cheap, at least, and Jaeckin's photography shows off the film's best assets--including Tawny Kitaen's--to their best advantage. Go at it with the right attitude and this film can be a lot of fun.