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When Love Is Lust

1973 · 93 min Comedy Drama
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.

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Original Title Quando l'amore è sensualità
Year 1973
Country Italy
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Vittorio De Sisti
Runtime 93 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (21 votes)

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The film constructs a satirical framework from the collision of class, generation, and repressed desire. It explores bourgeois hypocrisy, using farcical situations to expose the dark instincts simmering beneath propriety.

What lingers after the final frame is a cynical, yet oddly compassionate, portrait of human frailty. The comedy stings as much as it entertains. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Vittorio De Sisti

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