Devil in the Flesh (1986)
"Diavolo in corpo" (original title)

An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in... See full summary »

Director:

Marco Bellocchio

Writers:

Marco Bellocchio (story), Enrico Palandri (story),

Stars:

Maruschka Detmers, Federico Pitzalis, Anita Laurenzi

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maruschka Detmers	...	Giulia
Federico Pitzalis	...	Andrea
Anita Laurenzi	...	Mrs. Pulcini
Alberto Di Stasio	...	Professor Raimondi
Riccardo De Torrebruna	...	Giacomo Pulcini
Catherine Diamant	...	Mrs. Raimondi
Anna Orso	...	Mrs. Dozza
Lidia Broccolino	...	Terrorist
Stefano Abbati	...	Terrorist
Claudio Botosso	...	Don Pisacane
Germano Basile
Brunella Casolari
Luciano D'Amico
Lorenzo D'Avanzo
Raffaele De Nuccio

Storyline

An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the student's advances, but eventually begins an affair with him. Their situation is condemned by her family and his father, who is the woman's psychologist.

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Plot Keywords:

student | court | class | high school | priest | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

22 May 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Devil in the Flesh

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Gross:

$546,904 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

L.P. Film, Film Sextile, Istituto Luce

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 110 min (cut) 112 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

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.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Giulia: You're disgusting.

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Connections

Edited into Sorelle (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Body On Fire"
Written by Dombey and Carlo Crivelli (as Crivelli)
Sung by Carlo Crivelli

User Reviews

Very erotic and difficult to follow

This film was at times very difficult to follow. Every time it got interesting it would jump to another scene. I'm not sure if it was my perception because the translation may have been a little flawed. Even though I was watching sub titles I did think that Maruschka Detmers was terrific. She is also very beautiful and if anything else it is worth seeing this film just for that one famous scene. It's pretty cool to watch a dramatic film and have a scene like that. Overall it was a decent movie.