La donna della domenica (1975)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Writers:

Carlo Fruttero (novel)
Agenore Incrocci (writer)

Release Date:

23 December 1975 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The police have the victim, the weapon and the suspect. What they don't have is the Sunday Woman.

Plot:

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murdering of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone...

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Homosexual | Police | Giallo | Murder

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni	...	Commissioner Salvatore Santamaria
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Anna Carla Dosio
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Massimo Campi
Aldo Reggiani	...	Lello Riviera
Maria Teresa Albani	...	Virginia Tabusso
Omero Antonutti	...	Benito
Gigi Ballista	...	Vollero
Fortunato Cecilia	...	Nicosia (as Renato Cecilia)
Claudio Gora	...	Garrone
Franco Nebbia	...	Bonetto
Lina Volonghi	...	Ines Tabusso
Pino Caruso	...	De Palma
Mario Ferrero
Giuseppe Anatrelli	...	Commissario
Antonio Orlando	...	Salvatore

Also Known As:

La femme du dimanche (France)
The Sunday Woman (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Switzerland:12 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Company:

Dartmouth

Movie Connections:

Followed by A che punto è la notte (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Centomila violoncelli

Review.

"Sunday Woman" is a stylish and ribald whodunnit that has plenty of things to hold your attention when you're frankly not particularly interested in who did it or why. The murder victim is a lewd, leering, seedy old architect who makes obscene gestures at women, like a character out of Fellini's "Satyricon." His body is found bludgeoned to death by means of a large ceramic phallus. "Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword," a character in the film comments. The inspector on the case is a bemused but persistent Marcello Mastroianni. His investigations bring him in contact with some of Turin's high society: Jacqueline Bisset, the bored wife of an industrialist, and her platonic friend Jean-Louis Trintignant, a wealthy homosexual. Trintignant is himself in love with Aldo Reggiani, a records clerk who does his own investigation which leads to his own murder. The film has a nice rhythm, some well-written dialog, and makes use of fascinating Piedmontese locales in and around Turin. Mastroianni, as always, is very effective. The director, Luigi Comencini, gained a substantial reputation in the past with films like "Bread, Love and Dreams" and "Everybody Go Home!"