High School Girl (Italian: Cugini carnali, also known as The Visitor, Loving Cousins and Hot and Bothered) is a 1974 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Sergio Martino and starring Susan Player.
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Plot
A shy and inexperienced 16-year-old boy enjoys an awakening when his fast-living cousin from the city comes to stay at the family villa.
Cast
Susan Player as Sonia
Riccardo Cucciolla as Celio D'Altamura
Alfredo Pea as Nico D'Altamura
Hugh Griffith as Baron of Roccadura
Claudio Nicastro as Don Savino
Rosalba Neri as Altomare
Fiorella Masselli as Berenice
Renzo Marignano as Sonia' father
Lia Tanzi as Baron of Roccadura's maid
Mauro Perrucchetti as Arcalli
Edda Ferronao as Berenice
Raf Baldassarre
Carla Mancini
Production
The film was produced by Champion Cinematografica. It was Martino's second consecutive film produced by Carlo Ponti, following the success of The Violent Professionals . It had the working title La cugina ('The cousin'), that was changed because of the Aldo Lado's film with the same title. Martino's first choices for the main role were Monica Guerritore and Gloria Guida. It was shot in Apulia, between Lecce, Monopoli, Nardò, Conversano and Porto Cesareo. Michele Massimo Tarantini served as assistant director.
Release
The film was distributed in Italian cinemas by Interfilm starting from 4 March 1974.
Reception
Domestically, the film was a success, grossing over 800 million lire. La Stampa's film critic Achille Valdata noted that "Martino lacks the effortless wit needed to handle a genre already showing evident signs of fatigue, only superficially concealed by the familiar verbal and visual extravagances".