THE FLESH
synopsis
A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her...
| international title: | The Flesh |
| original title: | La carne |
| country: | Italy |
| year: | 1991 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Marco Ferreri |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | IT 09/05/1991, FR 21/08/1991, SE 02/02/1992, ES 07/02/1992, TR 14/02/1992, HU 24/04/1992, NL 19/06/1992, DE 17/09/1992, PT 20/05/1994 |
| screenplay: | Liliane Betti, Massimo Bucchi, Paolo Costella, Marco Ferreri |
| cast: | Sergio Castellitto, Francesca Dellera, Philippe Léotard, Farid Chopel, Nicoletta Boris, Clelia Piscitello, Sonia Topazio, Fulvio Falzarano, Pino Tosca, Matteo Ripaldi |
| cinematography by: | Ennio Guarnieri |
| film editing: | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| art director: | Sergio Canevari |
| costumes designer: | Nicoletta Ercole |
| producer: | Giuseppe Auriemma |
