Die schönen Wilden von Ibiza

I have a special feeling for this German film that I bought at a bargain video store in New York. While it is marketed as a softcore sex flick, the (minimal) nudity is not really the point, and definitely fits into the plot. Susie is at first reluctant to swim in the sea without a bikini; by the end of the film she is relaxed and topless on the nude beaches of Ibiza. Michael and Suzie are an engaged couple taking their honeymoon off the coast of Spain. Their reservations are lost and Michael loses their luggage and money to a scam artist promising to get them a room. Suzie berates him and Michael, disenchanted with his nagging wife-to-be, gives in to the temptations that are all around them. He falls in with a free-wheeling motorcycle gang. Eventually his lover leaves him (Hemingway-style) for a bullfighter, and he and Suzie, having found their wild and independent spirit on the island, come back together. While clearly a low-budget venture, this film has a spirited innocence that I find winning. Offbeat characters add color: the son of a rich woman who, looking to get laid, keeps getting taken advantage of; the young, gay bohemian who lives on the beach but gets into trouble over his affair with a businessman's son... Check out this 1980s gem.