

Isabel Sarli aka “La Coca” was born in 1935 in Argentina, and is one of the most beloved figures of sexploitation cinema. Sarli got into movies like many early actresses—by entering a beauty contest. When she won the title of Miss Argentina in 1955, softcore director Armando Bo took notice. He hired her and they went on to collaborate extensively over the years, eventually wedding each other. Sarli was described as the cleanest actress in Argentina because Bo loved filming her swimming nude in rivers and ponds. Though these scenes caused an uproar that resulted in the films being criticized and censored, the condemnation failed to stop Sarli from achieving widespread fame. You see two posters above—one for the 1976 Italian version of Insaciable, released as l’Insaciabile, and another promo released in Argentina around the same time. L’Insaciabile was one of Sarli’s last films.