L'uomo che guarda (1994)

A troubled college professor becomes obsessed with the idea that his emotionally distant wife is having an affair with his invalid father.

Director:

Tinto Brass

Writers:

Tinto Brass, Alberto Moravia (novel)

Stars:

Katarina Vasilissa, Francesco Casale, Cristina Garavaglia

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Katarina Vasilissa	...	Silvia
Francesco Casale	...	Eduardo-Dodò
Cristina Garavaglia	...	Fausta
Raffaella Offidani	...	Pascasie
Antonio Salines	...	Doctor
Eleonora De Grassi
Gabri Crea
Martine Brochard	...	Contessa
Franco Branciaroli	...	Alberto
Erika Savastani
Paolo Murano
Ted Rusoff	...	The Parking Attendant
Maria La Rosa
Lulu	...	(as Lulù)
Matteo

Storyline

At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed "Dodo" is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautiful wife, Silvia has just left him for another man. He wants her back very badly and has erotic daydreams about her. While visiting his bedridden father, Alberto he meets his dad's very sexy live-in nurse, Fausta who takes care of much more then his broken leg. A beautiful young student, Pascasie in his class asks him for a ride home and seduces the lucky man, but he does not answer because he still he wonders about his wife and her lover. Fausta tells him of a beautiful young woman who has been having a sexual relationship with his father.

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Plot Keywords:

mutual masturbation | copulation | sex scene | sex in public | rear entry sex | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 January 1994 (Italy)

Also Known As:

El hombre que mira

Box Office

Budget:

$2,700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Erre Cinematograsica S.r.l., Rodeo Drive

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene in the movie theatre, the film being shown is another Tinto Brass film, The Key (1983). He did this same thing in Snack Bar Budapest (1988).

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Quotes

Silvia: [as the Oriental man observes the couple in the restaurant] Are you watching?
Dodò: You're driving me crazy. It looks like the hackles of a wild cat.
Silvia: [showing off] Mm-mm. What else does it make you think of?
Dodò: The crest of a rooster.
Silvia: [enjoying the attention] Oh, go on, don't stop.
Dodò: The mane of a great black stallion.

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Connections

Referenced in Rewind This! (2013)

User Reviews

Erotic and explicit

The story of erotic films in the 1990s is largely a very sad one. American main stream cinema seems to avoid the subject altogether, B movies are obsessed with coupling sex with violence and death, and the typical porno is as exciting as drying paint. But there are a few exceptions, most notably the films of Tinto Brass, and this film here is a prime example.

What is so unique about Brass' films of this decade (and to a slightly lesser degree his 1980s films as well) is how they manage to combine eroticism with an explicitness that is close to hardcore porn, and that without ever looking seedy or overly stylish. Greatly supporting this effect are the music of Riz Ortolani and the excellent cinematography by Massimo Di Venanzo. With L'Uomo che guarda Brass seems to be telling the porno makers: "this is how a sex film can and should look like".

The UK certificated version of this is about 8 minutes shorter than the original, but even that version would have no chance of an R rating in the USA. The quality of the English dubbing is a bit better than usual, but still we have to endure the traditional incomprehensible fake American accent for the leading male as in so many Italian films.