by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
This satirical comedy recounts a tale of love across class boundaries; the twist is that here a middle-class juror, Gabriella Sansoni (Claudia Cardinale), learns about love from the testimony of Tina Candela (Monica Vitti), a woman on trial for murder. It seems that Tina has found ecstasy in a masochistic fashion by being slapped around by her beloved husband Gino (Giancarlo Giannini). She is so persuasive in this regard that Gabriella lays out a plan to receive similar treatment from her man, Andrea (Vittorio Gassman).
characteristics
- Class Differences
- Murder
- Offer
- Love
- Kill
- Pleasure
- Relations
- Trial [courtroom]
- Testimony
- Testify
- Jury
- Juror
- Extramarital-affair
- Couple
- Adultery
