Malicious (1973 film)

Malicious (Italian: Malizia, lit. 'Malice') is a 1973 Italian erotic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Salvatore Samperi. It stars Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro and Alessandro Momo. The film is about the sexual desire of a widower and his three sons for their new housekeeper.[2] At the Silver Ribbons awards, Antonelli and Ferro won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.[3] The film was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[4] A sequel, Malizia 2000, was released in 1991 with the same cast.

Malicious
Theatrical release poster
ItalianMalizia
Directed bySalvatore Samperi
Screenplay by
  • Ottavio Jemma
  • Alessandro Parenzo
  • Salvatore Samperi
Story bySalvatore Samperi
Produced bySilvio Clementelli
Starring
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byFred Bongusto
Production
company
Clesi Cinematografica
Distributed byRizzoli Film
Release date
  • 29 March 1973 (1973-03-29) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office11,756,327 admissions (Italy)[1]

Plot

Following the death of his wife, a father of three sons (aged 18, 14 and 6) hires an attractive young housekeeper named Angela, and soon becomes engaged to her. His sons are also infatuated with Angela, and each of them uses their particular way to approach and capture the apparently innocent and naive young woman, and to see more of her body. But only one of them succeeds in dominating and conquering her: the middle son, the teenager Nino. He blackmails her into eventually tolerating his increasingly aggressive sexual desire. He ordered her to get naked as he chases her around the house.

Cast

Reception

The film was the most popular Italian film in Italy in 1973 with 11,756,327 admissions, the 11th most of all-time.[1]

References
  1. "La classifica dei film più visti di sempre al cinema in Italia". movieplayer.it. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Samperi Salvatore: Malice (Malizia)". Rai International. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  3. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  4. "IMDB.com: Awards for Malicious". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
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