Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant.
Acting
Stéphane Audran classes up the sleaze; Françoise Fabian commits fully.
Costume
Lingerie as armor, polyester as tragedy — 1970s Italian fashion in full glory.
Direction
Cervi balances titillation with actual bite in the final two episodes.
Director
Tonino Cervi
Stéphane Audran
Mimì / Chantal
Françoise Fabian
Bella / Lulù
Jacques François
Charles
Giovanna Ralli
La signorina X
Franco Citti
Benito
Aldo Giuffrè
Il commissario
Adriana Asti
Anna Bargagli
Rita Savagnone
Voce
Lea Massari
Gilbert
Gigi Proietti
Sonia / Filippo
Janet Ågren
Anita
José Luis de Vilallonga
Louis
Piero Nuti
Cliente vestito da suora
Luigi Zerbinati
Vecchio architetto
Angelo Pellegrino
Il mitomane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 1970s 'commedia sexy all'italiana' boom — films that used 'female perspective' as cover for exploitation, though some (like this) had genuine satirical teeth.
Stéphane Audran was married to Claude Chabrol and had just won acclaim in 'Le Boucher'; her presence here was a deliberate career swerve into commercial territory.
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