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The Flesh

The Flesh

19915.51h 30m

Overview

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…

Directed by Marco Ferreri
Written by Massimo Bucchi, Paolo Costella, Liliana Betti
Produced by Giuseppe Auriemma
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Top Cast

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto

Paolo

Francesca Dellera

Francesca Dellera

Francesca

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Nicola

Farid Chopel

Farid Chopel

Aldo

Petra Reinhardt

Petra Reinhardt

Giovanna

Gudrun Gundlach

Gudrun Gundlach

Nursing woman on the beach

Nicoletta Boris

Nicoletta Boris

Owner of the Bar

Alessandro De Santis

Alessandro De Santis

Son of the owner of the bar

Eleonora Cecere

Eleonora Cecere

Daughter of Paolo

M

Massimo Bucchi

Priest

Themes & Keywords

italian

About The Flesh

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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