Io e Caterina (1980)
Directed by Alberto Sordi
Genres - Comedy, Science Fiction, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Satire, Sex Comedy |
Run Time - 117 min. |
Countries - France, Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Alberto Sordi directs this light comedy, and also stars as its mechanically challenged hero, a wealthy male chauvinist named Enrico who deals in wine better than he handles women. On a trip to the great land of America, Enrico discovers the wonders of a trained household robot named Catherine who outperforms any of the disgruntled women back at his home. When these women -- his wife (Valeria Valeri), his mistress (Catherine Spaak), and his maid -- decide to dump him, he immediately thinks of the marvelous robot he saw on his trip. Before anyone has time to plug in a battery, Enrico has acquired his own robot, named her Catherine, and is on his way to serious trouble. The metallic Catherine may be made of steel, but her robotic interior takes a shine to Enrico. Little does he know that a robot scorned hath more fury than any woman, and when he brings home Elisabetta (Edwige Fenech) for a romp in his cavernous bedroom, the clanking Catherine loses it. Enrico's problems with women were nothing by comparison.
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chauvinist, jealousy, maid, mistress, robot, wife, wine