Drama ·Romance · Italy · 1991 · 1h 30m

The Flesh

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Director

Cast

Sergio Castellitto as Paolo Francesca Dellera as Francesca Philippe Léotard as Nicola Farid Chopel as Aldo Petra Reinhardt as Giovanna Gudrun Gundlach as Nursing woman on the beach

Crew

Ennio Guarnieri — Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni — Editor Liliana Betti — Writer Massimo Bucchi — Writer Paolo Costella — Writer Marco Ferreri — Writer

Synopsis

A piano player meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism. After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

Mood & Themes

italian

Key Collaborators

Marco Ferreri Director Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni Editor Liliana Betti Writer Massimo Bucchi Writer Paolo Costella Writer Marco Ferreri Writer Giuseppe Auriemma Producer Sergio Canevari Production Design Nicoletta Ercole Costume Design

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