''Malicious'' ( it, Malizia, lit=Malice) is a 1973 Italian erotic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by

Salvatore Samperi Salvatore Samperi (26 July 1944 – 4 March 2009) was an Italian film director. His 1973 film ''Malicious (1973 film), Malicious'' was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival and his 1979 film ''Ernesto (film), Ernesto' ...

. It stars

Laura Antonelli Laura Antonelli ( Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991. Early years Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former cap ...

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and Alessandro Momo. The film is about the sexual desire of a widower and his three sons for their new housekeeper. At the Silver Ribbons awards, Antonelli and Ferro won

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and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The film was entered into the

23rd Berlin International Film Festival The 23rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1973. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Indian film ''Ashani Sanket'' by Satyajit Ray. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the fes ...

. A sequel, ''

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'', was released in 1991 with the same cast.

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

as Angela *

as Ignazio * Alessandro Momo as Nino *

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as Luciana *

Lilla Brignone Lilla Brignone (23 August 1913 – 24 March 1984) was an Italian film and theater actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1930 and 1982. Her father was film director and actor Guido Brignone and her aunt was actress Mercedes Brignone. Her ...

as Granma *

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as Don Cirillo *

Angela Luce Angela Luce (born 3 December 1938) is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. She was born in Naples, Italy. Partial filmography * ''La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' ...

as Widow Corallo *

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as Porcello *

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as Nuccio *

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as Adelina *

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as Enzio

Reception

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

References

External links

* * 1973 films 1973 comedy films 1970s coming-of-age comedy films 1970s sex comedy films Commedia sexy all'italiana Films directed by Salvatore Samperi Films scored by Fred Bongusto Films set in Sicily Italian coming-of-age comedy films 1970s Italian-language films Italian sex comedy films Juvenile sexuality in films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub