Schiave bianche - Violenza in Amazzonia (1985)

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters.

Director:

Mario Gariazzo (as Roy Garrett)

Writer:

Franco Prosperi

Stars:

Elvire Audray, Will Gonzales, Dick Campbell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elvire Audray	...	Catherine Miles Armstrong
Will Gonzales	...	Umukai
Dick Campbell	...	(as Dick Cambell)
Andrea Coppola	...	Catherine's Uncle (as Andrew Louis Coppola)
Dick Marshall
Alma Vernon
Grace Williams
Sara Fleszer
Mark Cannon
James Boyle
Peter Robyns
Jessica Bridges
Stephanie Walters
Neal Berger
Deborah Savage

Storyline

An 18 year old Catherine Miles graduates from her boarding school and takes a trip with her parents to the Amazon. While on a boat ride, her parents are brutally murdered by a local cannibal tribe and she is taken prisoner. In order to survive, she adopts the customs of the tribe with the help of a warrior who has fallen in love with her, all the while planning vengeance for her parents' death. He later helps her to escape, and now free, she goes to find who exactly was behind the death of her parents.

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Plot Keywords:

tribe | death | prisoner | cannibal | skinny dipping | 

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Taglines:

Only one thing kept her alive.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Romance

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

9 August 1985 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinevega, Empire Pictures, G.P.I. Grandi Produzioni Italiane

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 89 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Though throughout the movie it is said to be a true story (and even talks of locating the "real" Catherine Miles), it is actually fictional.

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Quotes

Catherine Miles: Sometimes the dead come back.

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Connections

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

User Reviews

Pretty Good

Though it is not great, and can not even be compared to Cannibal Ferox or Cannibal Holocaust, AMAZONIA is a pretty good film. It is more of a (gory) drama/action film rather then a horror film, but I think that most fans of the Italian splatter Cannibal films will enjoy this movie.

The main character in this film is a young, eighteen year old girl. This girl has gone to visit her family. Her family lives way out there in the middle of no where, out by the amazon. They all decide to take a ride on the boat. But, they go too far, and they are attacked by an amazon tribe. Everyone is killed, accept for the young girl. She is kidnapped, and taken deep into the amazon. Now, she must either find a way to escape, or be forced to live in the amazon with head hunters.

Though the violent scenes are kind of spread out, when they do happen they are very brutal and gory. If you like the old Italian cannibal films, then you will enjoy Amazonia.