Goffredo Parise

Two boys, driven to despair for their failures in life, decide to kill himself in protest against the company and choose to lurk behind a target from the Italian army training and here the viewer can enjoy a shrewd mockery of militarism, with the same Salce who plays the clown of a general who observed the maneuvers of his men from a high shelf. But just when the military is to shoot starts, the two boys kiss each other and decide to rescue fleeing the bombs and then start a new life together. (luigi-tenco.tripod.com)

A 40 years old man, Alfonso, finally succeeds to marry a virgin, educate, beautiful and very catholic woman. But soon she, Regina, starts stressing him because she wants to be pregnant. When the stress is at its peak Regina at last gets pregnant. Once the goal is reached the man is put aside and dies. (imdb)

Based on Italo Svevo's great novel so admired by James Joyce, this atmospherically photographed film is set in old Trieste and centers on a middle-aged public official and his unrequited love for a flirtatious but unpossessable girl who blithely betrays him. (SurrealMoviez)

Four episodes satirising the relationship of man and wife. (bfi)

Based on a novel by Alberto Moravia, the film narrates the coming of age of a young boy, Agostino, who is on vacation with his attractive and eligible mother. Mother and son enjoy a close relationship, but trouble soon begins when another man begins to gain her attention. Jealously emerges as Agostino struggles to comes to terms with his feelings for his mother.

A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena. The themes include blackmail, betrayal, seduction, and eventually murder. (imdb)