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Malizia

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A recent widower (Turi Ferro) and his growing boys lust for their new housekeeper (Laura Antonelli) in 1950s Sicily.

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Penelope Gilliatt New Yorker The know-all ending, foreseeable from the start and having little grip on character, tells everything about primitive Sicilian ideas of sexual maturity and nothing about being grown-up. Mar 6, 2024 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times Malizia is at its best when it's examining the rituals of middle-class Sicilian life (a funeral where everything goes wrong and the corpse is almost burned up) and when it is leering at its sexually driven characters. Mar 18, 2020 Full Review Chris Petit Time Out Really no more than an extended joke revolving round the attitudes of Italian men towards La Mama and women in general. Mar 18, 2020 Full Review John Simon Esquire Magazine Vulgarity of the most prurient sort, which has the gall of posturing as artistic restraint. Jul 28, 2020 Full Review Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Malizia is a neatly crafted combination of vitality, venom and humor. Dec 13, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lanfranco C Firsrt experiences in the Sicily of the fifties Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Audience Member How to play? I' m sorry, because i am beginner Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A discovery! I'm definitely following Laura Antonelli, this is the 70's Italian erotic cinema, the story is not much, but the details are well and beautifully structured Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review sarfaraz a Malicious (Italian: Malizia) Italian sex-comedy directed by Salvatore Samperi. Starring Italy's one of hottest actresses Laura Antonelli as adult housekeeper at recently widower's house. Film was put to Berlin International Film Festival. Laura plays Angela, working as a housekeeper at recently widower with three young sons (18 - 14 - 6 respectively) - Angela is frequently sexually harassed by middle son (Nino), one of the naughty sons. And Angela's ultimate response by sleeping off with him, while also seduced by the widower who ogles her thighs and chest. Film seems to have touched on sensitive cultural acceptance, by plucking the veins of taboo due to an adult woman, being harassed sexually by young lad - Film also offers some dramatically growing scenes, the frustration of lad about Angela as well as Angela's worrisome about little Nino being slapped by his father. This all blends the movie into whole lot of entertainment. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Questa pellicola viene definita un capostipite della commedia sexy italiana anni '60 ma oltre la grazia di Laura Antonella vi è qualcosa in più. In primis la fotografia di Vittorio Storaro superba nei giochi di luce e negli esterni. Poi ci sono un gruppo di attori davvero niente male: Alessandro Momo, grande promessa del cinema italiano, vittima di una morte prematura, che interpreta un personaggio davvero molto disturbante per lo spettatore. Molto bravo anche Turi Ferro, attore siciliano di derivazione teatrale (come la star televisiva Pino Caruso) che interpreta un personaggio divertente. Poi spicca anche la bravissima caratterista franco-statunitense Tina Aumont già indimenticabile interprete dell'automa nel Casanova di Fellini. Dove il film pecca è nello sviluppo della sceneggiatura che appare un po' troppo forzato nell'ultima mezzora nonostante l'inizio brillante. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting moments, a little bit too slow for my taste and not really too funny... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A recent widower (Turi Ferro) and his growing boys lust for their new housekeeper (Laura Antonelli) in 1950s Sicily.
Director
Salvatore Samperi
Screenwriter
Alessandro Parenzo
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 1974, Limited
Runtime
1h 37m