La moglie più bella

1970
1h 48m

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7.1/10

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A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.

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A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.

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Ornella Muti in La moglie più bella (1970)

Alessio Orano in La moglie più bella (1970)

Amerigo Tot in La moglie più bella (1970)

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The late '70s French-dubbed release version of this film has over 10 minutes of added hardcore sex scenes, mainly appearing at the beginning of the film, featuring anonymous performers, yet its overall running time is 20 minutes shorter than the original Italian film.

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Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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10/10

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Damiano Damiani is perhaps the Italian filmmaker most inspired by American cinema. He links political commitment to excellent thriller style. "La moglie piu' bella" is still shocking for me, knowing it is inspired by the true story of Franca Viola in 1965. The atmosphere is disquieting thanks to the the film-making and Ennio Morricone's music. This is also the first film of Ornella Muti, who was 14 years old at the time and pretended to be ill not to go to school for two months - the time of recording. It reminds me "La ragazza con la pistola" (The girl with the gun) by Mario Monicelli with Monica Vitti, although this one is much more ironic and aims at ridiculing certain Sicilians customs to better fight them.

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