In early 20th-century Sicily, Eugenia Di Maqueda and Raimondo Corrao discover on their wedding night that they are brother and sister and therefore unable to consummate their marriage. For the sake of the family inheritance and honour, the two decide not to reveal the truth to anyone. In public, they will play the part of husband and wife, but in private they will live in absolute chastity as siblings. Meanwhile, the beautiful Eugenia’s urgent carnal desires become increasingly pressing...
Luigi Comencini
Director
Laura Antonelli
Eugenia di Maqueda
Alberto Lionello
Raimondo Corrao, marchese di Maqueda
Michele Placido
Silvanno Pennacchini, l'autista
Jean Rochefort
Barone Henri de Sarcey
Ugo Pagliai
Ruggero Di Maqueda
Rosemary Dexter
Florida, madre di Eugenia
Karin Schubert
Evelyn
Michele Abruzzo
Don Pacifico
Sebastiano Indelicato
Clemente Cipa
Maria Sciacca
The French-born director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s strategic choice to entrust the interpretation of a conventional, feminine character to a non-binary actor pays off: Corrin’s Lady Chatterley is awkward, edgy, and uninhibited at the same time.
A surprise sequel takes place ten years after the original movie based on the title of the same name, but with a twist to the fairy tale.
This list was made with the intention of celebrating the craft. I love seeing more women of colour on this list than before and more newcomers on the scene as well!
This coming-of-age movie based on the 1970 book by Judy Blume gives viewers a scope on female topics in the quest for a religious identity.
Renee Zellweger shines in this Judy Garland biopic, which highlights the pain and loneliness that so many famous women endure.
A man found himself stuck inside the passage to the subway exit on the way to work.