A Praia do Pecado

This sexploitation drama is well filmed, and acting is not as bad as usual in low-budget exploitation cinema in Brazil in late 70's (though, there was a bizarre mistake in dubbing). Indeed, it is clearly above average among the so-called "pornochanchadas", and also more serious (definitely not a comedy at all) and ambitious as a motion picture than those films used to be. The beginning is well done, but the vicious extremely violent crime scene was arguably misogynous and sadistic and could have been made more respectfully, considering the portrayed event as a serious one that should sexually excite nobody. Anyway, the first 20 minutes presented an intriguing story. However, the following 25 minutes brought a shallow porn-like script, with beautiful naked bodies but very few of the interesting beginning. Fortunately, the movie improved again ever since, although lacking a more strict script, losing itself sometimes in unnecessary side stories, and taking too much time to reach the end. The last dialogue of Gabriel Reis (Oasis Minniti) is quite bad, I shall anticipate. However, the long scene with Netinho (Tony Tornado), Jairo Korfi (David Húngaro) and Lídia (Sonia Vieira), beginning when the film lacked just 11 minutes to finish, is excellent, particularly due edition and cinematography, by far the very best in the whole movie.