Alina is a brilliant and enterprising woman who runs a successful art gallery in Palermo. Her husband Daniele, a successful orchestra conductor, cultured and intelligent, is not a regular presence. One day, while accompanying Daniele to the airport, Alina feels a sense of emptiness. She will try to fill it with a butcher who is always joking and full of erotic allusions and who arouses a strong attraction in her.
Acting
Alba Parietti commits fully to the absurdity.
Costume
Gallery owner chic vs. bloody butcher apron aesthetic clash.
Director
Aurelio Grimaldi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alba Parietti was primarily a TV personality and singer; this was her controversial dramatic pivot that Italian critics savaged.
The film satirizes Italy's northern elite vs. southern working-class tensions through sexual metaphor—Daniele's refined orchestra versus the butcher's raw physicality.
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