Amore e morte nel giardino degli dei (1972)

Fiery lovers cope with tragedy and the taboo in Sauro Scavolini’s ornate Italian melodrama Amore e morte nel giardino degli dei (1972). Having grown up together as sister and brother, the orphaned Manfredi (Peter Lee Lawrence) and Azzurra (Erika Blanc) are left confused by their growing infatuation with one another. As their feelings spill passionately out in the open, disturbing revelations about their shared past are brought to the fore by a femme fatale played by Orchidea de Santis. If you can’t keep straight the mixed bloodlines, failed suicides, and mysterious parentage, there’s plenty of enjoyment to be had by scoping Blanc and de Santis in the buff as they strut, stroll, and boff with vigor.