
Cheeky(2000)
While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment overlooking the Thames. There, she meets a real estate agent by the name of Moira.


A piano player 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…

Sergio Castellitto
Paolo

Francesca Dellera
Francesca

Philippe Léotard
Nicola

Farid Chopel
Aldo

Petra Reinhardt
Giovanna

Gudrun Gundlach
Nursing woman on the beach

Nicoletta Boris
Owner of the Bar

Alessandro De Santis
Son of the owner of the bar

Eleonora Cecere
Daughter of Paolo
Massimo Bucchi
Priest
The Flesh is a drama, romance film released in 1991 exploring themes of italian. Directed by Marco Ferreri, it stars Sergio Castellitto, Francesca Dellera, Philippe Léotard. A piano player 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…
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