La venexiana (1986)

Réalisateur:

Mauro Bolognini

Scénaristes:

Massimo Franciosa (writer) &
Mauro Bolognini (writer)

Date de sortie:

4 avril 1986 (Italy)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Intrigue:

Venice, sixteenth century. Giulio, a foreign gentleman spends a memorable night in the city where he meets and beds two beautiful women...

Plot Keywords:

Jealousy | Beautiful Woman | Male Nudity | 1500s | Adulterous Wife

Avis des utilisateurs:

A tale of Canterbury in the Venice of 1550.

Ensemble

Laura Antonelli	...	Angela
Monica Guerritore	...	Valeria
Jason Connery	...	Jules
Claudio Amendola	...	Bernardo
Clelia Rondinella	...	Nena
Cristina Noci	...	Oria
Annie Belle
Stefano Davanzati
Luigi Di Fiore
Michelangelo Pace
Tonino Accolla	...	Jules (voice)

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Venetian Woman

Durée:

Argentina:102 min | Spain:100 min

Pays:

Italy

Langue:

Italien

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Son:

Stereo

Classification:

Argentina:16 | France:-12 | Spain:13

Lieux de tournage:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Société:

Lux International

A tale of Canterbury in the Venice of 1550.

The director Mauro Bolognini has some experience of historical movies and you can see this in this late-Renaissance movie set at the canals of Venice and he has also experience with love-stories. This movie written with the help of Massimo Franciosa lacks the grandeur of a Luchino Visconti but at no moment one gets the impression of being bored. Laura Antonelli is very good as Angela and she looks like an angel just as in the other movie L'Innocent (1976) but why is she closing the windows of her apartment when her lover (Jason Connery - he has no name in the movie!) is throwing stones into her room? The mores of the time when the doge is allowing the prostitutes to show their breasts, and the young noblemen throwing fish at them, are explored and the question remains what the life of an older (but still young), rich widow must heave been in Venice at the end of the 15th century. It is not surprising that such a woman is glowed with fire when she can see from her room a young man p***ing in the canal. The sex-scenes in the movie are good and made with taste; there is even a scene where Angela is near of having a sexual affair with her servant who tries to console her mistress. This story of a one night, two lovers affair remembers me of the Decamerone because of its freshness and sweetness.