Eroticism in the Family | Offscreen
Two controversial Italian directors and their two scandalous films featuring divas Laura Antonelli and Virna Lisi as torrid objects of desire that would make any nuclear family implode!
Alberto Lattuada is a political filmmaker whose interest in the erotic first began in 1953 with "She-Wolf". He went on to author controversial works about young women such as "Bambina". "The Cricket" ("La Cicala") is one of his last films, an erotic tragedy with a fresh and ravaging take on the aging-mother versus young daughter dynamic.
Salvatore Samperi is known for his erotic comedies that tackle social taboos in Italy. "Malicious" is his masterpiece and greatest success. The film stars the incredible Laura Antonelli as an object of fantasy for three males in a Sicilian family, one of which is a particularly Machiavellian fourteen year-old!
La Cicala (The Cricket)
A generational game of power and erotic seduction at a roadside diner. Two brazen hussies go head to head with one of their daughters, a bewitching creature who uses all her charms to humiliate her mother. A comedy on the power of feminine seduction with a take on family drama that only Italians could come up with.
Malizia
Sicily in the 1960s. A beautiful housekeeper disrupts the daily lives of a widow and his three sons, catalyzing all sorts of sentimental and erotic liaisons. The alluring Laura Antonelli single-handedly carries the film, which is one of the most successful erotic comedies to come from Italy.
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