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Man, Woman and Beast
“A Feast For All Of The Senses!”
19775.21h 40m
Overview
A small town in Italy is about to celebrate their patron saint. The city is full of people with different problems. A Communist in existentialist crisis that also must take care of his mentally ill wife. A woman who is tired of her husband's inability to show emotions and therefore more and more often slips into the world of dreams. A perverse butcher engaged in sex with the meat he sells when he's not peeping on young girls. A girl who became pregnant after having sex with her father. In this town a mysterious stranger show up and who turns on several of the inhabitants lives.
Directed by Alberto Cavallone
Written by Alberto Cavallone
0Top Cast
Maria Pia Luzi
Rosanna
M
Martial Boschero
Comunista
Angela Doria
Prostituta
Macha Magall
Maria
Aldo Massasso
Ernesto
A
Antonio Mea
Alfonso
Stefania Spugnini
Julia
Josiane Tanzilli
Clara
Mónica Zanchi
Sabina
Paola Montenero
Luciana
Themes & Keywords
small towndark secret
About Man, Woman and Beast
Man, Woman and Beast is a drama film released in 1977 exploring themes of small town, dark secret. Directed by Alberto Cavallone, it stars Maria Pia Luzi, Martial Boschero, Angela Doria. A small town in Italy is about to celebrate their patron saint. The city is full of people with different problems. A Communist in existentialist crisis that also must take care of his mentally ill wife. A woman who is tired of her husband's inability to show emotions and therefore more and more often slips into the world of dreams. A perverse butcher engaged in sex with the meat he sells when he's not peeping on young girls. A girl who became pregnant after having sex with her father. In this town a mysterious stranger show up and who turns on several of the inhabitants lives.
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