A bored housewife, a pool, and the Italian sun doing what the Italian sun does best.
Paola, wife of a wealthy Turinese industrialist, meets Alberto, a friend of her husband, who emigrated to Argentina and has returned for business reasons. After a few days, Alberto confesses his love to Paola, but she resists. However, during a vacation in Sardinia, having waited in vain for the arrival of her husband, she gives in to Alberto's wishes.
Cinematography
Sardinian seascapes that make adultery look like fine art.
Acting
Gaubert's restrained longing says everything she doesn't.
Direction
Pietrangeli's patient observation of wealth's emptiness.
Director
Antonio Pietrangeli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pietrangeli died in 1968 before completing this; the film was finished by others, yet still feels unmistakably his.
Part of Italy's 'commedia all'italiana' evolution—using glamorous surfaces to critique the very class they seduce you with.
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