Gwendoline, a runaway nun, arrives in Hong Kong on a mission to find her father, who was last seen in the legendary Land of the Yik Yak searching for a rare butterfly. She's guided on her perilous journey by the selfish mercenary Willard.
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Title: Gwendoline (1984)
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Cast
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| Tawny Kitaen | ... | Gwendoline | |
| Brent Huff | ... | Willard | |
| Zabou Breitman | ... | Beth (as Zabou) | |
| Bernadette Lafont | ... | The Queen | |
| Jean Rougerie | ... | D'Arcy | |
| Roland Amstutz | |||
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Stanley Kapoul | ... | (as Jean Stanislas Capoul) |
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Chen Chang Ching | ||
| Vernon Dobtcheff | |||
| André Julien | ... | Tom (as Andre Julien) | |
| Takashi Kawahara | |||
| Kristopher Kum | |||
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Loi Lam Duc | ||
| Maurice Lamy | |||
| Jim Adhi Limas | |||
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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. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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Outrageous adventures in the Kingdom of Women See more »Parents Guide:
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A slightly modified version of the Gwendoline Melody can be heard in Tom Walker's antidrug rap song "I will leave a light on". See more »Goofs
Many of the closing-trap walls in the end sequence can be seen to stop just shy of the lens while the grinding-stone sound effects continue. See more »Alternate Versions
For the original theatrical release, the BBFC required 3m 14s worth of cuts. For the video release, 2m 51s were cut. In 2005, all previous cuts were waived for the DVD release. See more »
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
25 January 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$1,337,274, 27 January 1985Gross USA:
$1,337,274Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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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.