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Liliana Betti Movies

1991  
 
This coarse bedroom farce takes place at the St. Moritz ski resort over a Christmas vacation. Among the couples whose lives intersect are a widowed artist honeymooning with his second wife, a gay man traveling with his son and his lover (and hiding each from the other), a snobbish couple from Milan who have been forced to share a suite with a pair of crass Romans, etc. The movie features a host of popular stars (including Christian De Sica, Ornella Muti and Alberto Sordi) and was wildly successful at the box office in its native Italy. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Starring:
Massimo BoldiChristian de Sica, (more)
 
 
1991  
R  
Paolo is a divorced father of two who earns his living as a nightclub entertainer. One night, he meets Francesca, a strangely attractive woman, and after some rather peculiar talk about her having had sex with an Indian guru, they head off for his beach house for an assignation. Francesca uses some special secrets taught to her by her guru to turn him into a paralyzed sex-slave. All he can do is talk, while his body is out of his control and his penis remains continually erect. He seems to accept the situation, although it becomes pretty awkward when his children come over for a visit. After that, things take a darker turn. Viewers who saw this film at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival considered it self-indulgent, and too much like Ferrari's earlier La Dernière Femme (1976). ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Starring:
Sergio CastellittoFrancesca Dellera, (more)
 
1990  
R  
In the hippie era, the motto used to be "never trust anyone over 30." In this geriatric romance, the motto might be amended to read "never trust anyone under 60." Still sprightly and interested in life though they are in their 70s, the two lovers in this film are confined in an unsympathetic "rest home" by their relatives and are only able to meet rarely in a camper loaned to them by some black immigrant workers. When the staff at the home get wind of their affair, they take vigorous action to try and "calm them down" simply to reassert their deadening control over them. Eventually the two of them end their romance, but the woman escapes the rest home and finds freedom in the company of the immigrants. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Starring:
Ingrid ThulinDado Ruspoli, (more)
 
1988  
R  
After a couple decides to part ways and begin seeing other people, the ex-husband still desires his ex-wife and attempts to get her back in this comedy (featuring bikinied Nielsen and Alt). ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

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Starring:
Carol AltLuca Barbareschi, (more)
 
1988  
R  
Veteran actors Alberto Sordi and Bernard Blier play the earthy Battistini and shabby but elegant Mondardini, two older men abandoned by their families during the vacation months who decide to vacation together on the famed beaches of Cote d'Azur. The two bicker, quarrel and make up while they pursue various amorous dreams with the lovely women they encounter. Battistini runs into the man who stole his wife from him (Vittorio Caprioli) and is offered a chance to take her back. His own fortune depleted by his incessant pursuit of women, Mondardini begins a relationship with the ruined gambler Germaine (Andrea Ferreol). Misfortunes of all kinds appear ready to derail these two bon-vivants' good times, but they always manage to shrug them off and enjoy themselves. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Starring:
Alberto SordiBernard Blier, (more)
 
1986  
 
Athina Cenci stars in a double role in this gag-filled comedy about the lives of shallow Italian yuppies who live the high-life -- golfing, playing polo and driving around in their Ferraris. Lorenzo (Massimo Baldo) is a harried husband who is thrown out by his wife (Cenci). Lorenzo goes further into the doghouse when he mistakes Athina's sister the nun for his wife. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Starring:
Jerry CalàChristian de Sica, (more)