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Il diavolo in corpo (1986)
Release Year: 1986
Nation: N/A
Alternative Title: Devil in the Flesh, Le diable au corps
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writer: Ennio De Concini, Enrico Palandri, Marco Bellocchio, Raymond Radiguet
Production & Genre
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Genre: Drama, Erotic Film, Film Based On Literature, Romance, Romance Film
Awards & Similar
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Story
Andrea, an Italian high school student, becomes infatuated with Giulia, an older woman he sees outside his classroom window. They begin a sexual relationship at her apartment while her leftist radical fiancé is jailed and on trial for political crimes. Andrea's father, a psychiatrist who had previously treated Giulia, discovers their affair and believes it to be a symptom of Giulia's madness. The intensity of their passion builds until Andrea's father confronts him about the affair, but Andrea remains defiant.
Summary
Il diavolo in corpo is a 1986 Italian film directed by Marco Bellocchio, based on the novel 'The Devil Inside' by Felisberto Hernández. The movie revolves around Andrea, a teenager whose obsession with an older woman, Giulia, leads him into a complex relationship that involves her fiancé's political activism and his own father's psychoanalysis practice. The narrative explores themes of passion, madness, and forbidden love through the eyes of a young man navigating adulthood.
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