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Tanya (1976)

Tanya poster
Directed by
Nate Rodgers
Genre
comedy drama, sexploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young newspaper heiress is kidnapped by a parody group of revolutionaries. She soon joins their cause and takes a new name.

campyoffbeatdatedsillyexploitativetongue-in-cheeklow-stakes

What happens

Tanya is a low-budget 1976 comedy film directed by Nate Rodgers and loosely based on the experiences of Patty Hearst. The lead character, Charlotte Kane, is 20-year-old heiress of a newspaper mogul. She is kidnapped by five sex-crazed pseudo-revolutionaries who call themselves "The Symphonic Liberation Army" (a parody of the Symbionese Liberation Army). Charlotte is quickly converted to their cause and changes her name to Tanya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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