Anna, quel particolare piacere (1973)

A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.

Director:

Giuliano Carnimeo

Writers:

Ernesto Gastaldi, Luciano Martino (story),

Stars:

Edwige Fenech, Corrado Pani, Richard Conte

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edwige Fenech	...	Anna Lovisi
Corrado Pani	...	Guido Salvi
Richard Conte	...	Riccardo Sogliani
John Richardson	...	Lorenzo Viotto
Laura Bonaparte	...	Loredana
Ettore Manni	...	Zuco
Corrado Gaipa	...	Doctor
Antonio Casale	...	Sogliani's henchman
Umberto Raho	...	Sogliani's lawyer
Bruno Corazzari	...	Albino
Carla Calò	...	Anna's mother
Aldo Barberito	...	Anna's father
Wilma Casagrande	...	Susy
Tom Felleghy	...	Porter (as Tommaso Felleghi)
John Bartha	...	Gerli

Storyline

Anna is quiet, living with her parents, cashiering at a café bar in Bergamo. She meets and falls for Guido, a Milanese gangster in town to lie low. He pursues her, but also warns her that he's no good. She goes to Milan with him anyway. When she witnesses a Mob hit, Guido's boss wants her compromised so she will never testify against them: Guido pushes her into prostitution. When she becomes pregnant and Guido wants her to have an abortion, she rebels. Can she escape "the life," or is death the only alternative? What about the child?

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Plot Keywords:

prostitution | nipples visible through clothing | forced to strip | voyeur | topless female nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 November 1973 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment

Filming Locations:

Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Dania Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 63499 delivered on 14-11-1973.

User Reviews

A good date movie?

While I can't really rave about this move, I also certainly can't say it wasn't interesting. On one hand, it is a typical "poliziani", a hard-boiled and violent Italian crime thriller about Mafia criminals and corrupt or vigilante police, but on the other hand, it is also a women's picture featuring no-clothes-horse Edwige Fenech in one of her more dramatic (as opposed to hysterical) roles.

Fenech plays Anna a young, naive provincial woman who falls in love with a brutal and abusive gangster who, at the behest of his godfather (top-billed Richard Conte)involves her first in smuggling then in prostitution. She tries to leave the life after her mobster hubby goes to prison. She gives birth to a son and falls in love with a respectable doctor, but of course her past soon catches up to her.

This is a rather schizophrenic movie. It is has the typical violence of a poliziani, and Fenech performs her usual quota of nude/sex scenes (the most interesting scene though features not Fenech, but a bizarre stripping clown--that's right, a clown). The ending though is incredibly sappy and tear-jerking. I can't imagine anyone who liked the early part of the movie liking the end and vice versa. I suppose it could be a good date movie for women who want to see Fenech emote and men who want to see Fenech undress (it beats the hell out of a Renee Zellweger romantic comedy, anyway).