La moglie di mio padre (1976)

Aging wife desperately wants to sexually satisfy her husband, but he's losing interest and cheats. She seeks advice even from prostitutes but nothing helps. Tired from trying, she falls for her husband's son who reciprocates.

Director:

Andrea Bianchi

Writers:

Andrea Bianchi (screenplay), Andrea Bianchi (story)

Stars:

Carroll Baker, Adolfo Celi, Cesare Barro

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carroll Baker	...	Laura / Wife
Adolfo Celi	...	Antonio / Husband
Cesare Barro	...	Claudio / Son
Luigi Pistilli	...	Carlo
Gabriella Giorgelli	...	Prostitute
Dada Gallotti	...	Patrizia's Friend
Caterina Barbero	...	Gabriella
Carla Spessato	...	Magda
Femi Benussi	...	Patrizia
Jenny Tamburi	...	Diana

Storyline

Antonio, a rich industrialist, married Laura, a beautiful young woman. When he can no longer satisfy her sexually, a short-term relationship is born with her stepson, Claudio, but it is enough to make her acquire the awareness of her personality and her rights. When Claudio leaves, she also leaves. Her husband searches for her, begs her to come back to him. The woman, who finally feels free, refuses. Antonio can not accept the prospect of being alone forever, and decides to kill her.

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Plot Keywords:

sex with stepmother | dysfunctional marriage | voyeur | erotica | sex | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

4 August 1976 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Laura

Filming Locations:

Milan-Malpensa Airport, Ferno, Varese, Lombardia, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capitol International,Koala Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technospes)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Laura: Antonio, I'm still here. I'm still waiting for you to tell me what I should do.
Antonio: You're still asking me?
Laura: Of course I'm asking you. Weren't you the one who decided the lifestyle of this relationship? An empty life, full of superficialities. Those boring parties, full of whisky, cards and small-talk. All of us doing the same things. What we do, we do with forty other people. Never a moment for ourselves. To many people, that's not what a marriage is.

User Reviews

Too bad they didn't have Viagara

A wealthy man (played by former James Bond villain Adolf Celli) suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife (Carroll Baker). Since Viagara hadn't been invented yet, his swinging liberal doctor (Luigi Pistilli) instead recommends a strong dose of infidelity. Before long he is rolling in the hay with a young lovely and needless to say his impotence problem is cured (it's amazing that he doesn't have a heart attack though). His wife is a little bitter, however, and decides to embark on her own affair. And if you're wondering with whom, well, just look at the title.

As comedies go this is not particularly funny (and maybe it wasn't supposed to be given the ending). It certainly delivers as far as sexploitation goes with Carroll Baker and Femi Benussi both doing some very unabashed nude scenes. They really manage to waste one my favorite Italian actresses, Jenny Tamburi, however. She appears only in a ridiculously brief role that doesn't allow her to act (which she does pretty well) or strip off (which she does even better). As other reviewers have said, Luigi Pistilli probably gives the best performance here, playing the libertine doctor who, along with equally promiscuous wife Benussi, eggs on all the infidelities.

Strangely, this is the second Italian sex comedy in a row I've watched that centers around impotence. You would think that subject wouldn't have been much of turn-on to the male audience of that era, but I guess someone found humor in it. I seriously doubt anyone in the male audience suffered from THAT problem with THIS female cast. Still I'm afraid this movie itself is no great shakes.