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Release year: 1986

Storyline

A sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.

Top credits

Directors

Marco Bellocchio

Writers

Cast

Maruschka Detmers — Giulia
Federico Pitzalis — Andrea
Anita Laurenzi — Mrs. Pulcini
Alberto Di Stasio — Professor Raimondi

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Did you know

• Controversial as the first major film in recent memory to feature a well-known, mainstream actress performing an unsimulated sex act on screen. Maruschka Detmers later expressed some regret at the scene because she said it overshadowed her other accomplishments.

• The oral sex scene between Maruschka Detmers and Federico Pitzalis wasn't part of the script. It was Massimo Fagioli, a Marco Bellocchio's collaborator, who suggested it. Maruschka says she accepted to shoot it because she had now merged into the character and that for Giulia it was a moment of absolute intensity. She recalls that she and her co-star were left alone with the camera shooting. Director, operator and Mr. Fagioli were out waiting for the event.

• In 1986, a court case was heard to decide the paternity of the film. In the hearings, Marco Bellocchio charged his producer, Leo Pescarolo, with making significant and unacceptable changes to the film. Pescarolo defended his position by attacking the presence and influence of Bellocchio's analyst, Massimo Fagioli, in the phases of shooting and editing.