What?

Original title: Che?

19721972
XX
1h 52min

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by a bunch of odd people.During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by a bunch of odd people.During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by a bunch of odd people.

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Marcello Mastroianni, Roman Polanski, and Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Marcello Mastroianni and Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Marcello Mastroianni and Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Che? (1972)

Hugh Griffith and Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Sydne Rome in Che? (1972)

Marcello Mastroianni and Roman Polanski in Che? (1972)

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After escaping from a gang of perverts, innocent and beautiful Nancy, an American hitchhiker, flees to the sun-kissed summer villa of the lascivious elderly millionaire, Joseph Noblart, nestled somewhere in the Amalfi Coast. But, there, too, an endless array of eccentrics awaits the statuesque, blue-eyed beauty. There's Alex, a lecherous former procurer with peculiar tendencies; a German nurse enchanted by the work of Friedrich Nietzsche; a pair of tanned lesbians; a pianist with arthritis, and a stunning nudist girl. What is going on behind the mansion's doors? —Nick Riganas

bare breasts shower female frontal nudity female nudity attempted rape 74 more

Taglines
- The kinkiest caper of the year!
Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- X
Parents guide

Trivia
When producer Robert Evans was trying to coax Roman Polanski to direct Chinatown (1974), he found Polanski thoroughly absorbed with this film, to the extent that he had bought a 50% share in it. Evans eventually lured Polanski by saying that whatever "What" made in its opening week, he would pay him as his salary for directing "Chinatown". Polanski readily agreed to this, expecting "What" to do well as he considered it the best thing he had done up to that point. Unluckily for Polanski, "What" only grossed $64 on its first week.

Goofs
Nancy's hands are well manicured throughout the movie, but quite ordinary during close-ups, when she's supposedly playing the piano.

Quotes
Alex: I shot it myself, in Africa.
Nancy: A-a tiger in Africa? Are you sure?

Connections
Edited into Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)

Soundtracks
String Quartet Death and the Maiden
By Franz Schubert
Arranged by Claudio Gizzi

Top review

Okay...So it WAS like Alice in Wonderland

This was a movie that I'd checked out years ago and was intrigued enough to buy it for another viewing. It is beautifully dated as evidenced by the film quality and the attitudes towards sex.

The main character is a young woman hitchhiking across Europe. After a violent encounter with what has to be the most inept rapists that Europe has ever produced, she escapes via cable-car. Suddenly, she is in a house that is filled with loonies.

There is a large table, set for dozens and, most of the time, void of diners...save Alice. There is the pimp who, despite his cruelty and rudeness, seduces the young American girl. There is Mosquito, a small man with a deformed face and a speargun...

This movie is strange. It treats as normal the oddest situations; however, it gets strangest when the situations are at their most normal: A piano duet, a middle-aged couple unpacking...

I would give it three and a half out of five. Probably one of Polanski's best...

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masercot
May 17, 2004

Gross US & Canada
- $64

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Runtime
- 1h 52min
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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