Pino is a young man who lives in Assisi with his father Damiano, a communist revolutionary, and his partner Nadine. One day Pino sees Maria Teresa studying Latin and starts giving her some lessons. Soon they fall in love.
Acting
Barbara Bouchet's Nadine—stepmom energy that steers the whole ship.
Writing
Dialogue that actually debates Marx and Augustine between makeouts.
Costume
Simonetta Stefanelli's Catholic schoolgirl look launched a thousand imitators.
Director
Giulio Petroni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simonetta Stefanelli was 17 during filming; she'd play Apollonia in The Godfather just one year later.
This belongs to Italy's 'commedia sexy all'italiana' boom—films that used Catholic sexual anxiety as both satire and selling point.
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