No pun intended - and I like Maria Gracia in her own right. Monica Belucci seems ageless of course - and her Malena movie is one to behold! Also way better if you only want to watch one of those two (similar) movie ... thematically speaking of course.
Also while it is Monica/Malena who is the sexual one in that movie from 2000, here it is a younger woman who goes all the way ... which leads to different other issues ... and relationships being strained and stuff that only seems to happen at villages ... Maria also has some fun of course, but this is about how others view her and a friend of hers.
So the theme is similar but this has a bit of an expanded view on village life and how (some) women are treated ... looked down upon (or other looks they are getting of course). Decent overall one still might say.
Also while it is Monica/Malena who is the sexual one in that movie from 2000, here it is a younger woman who goes all the way ... which leads to different other issues ... and relationships being strained and stuff that only seems to happen at villages ... Maria also has some fun of course, but this is about how others view her and a friend of hers.
So the theme is similar but this has a bit of an expanded view on village life and how (some) women are treated ... looked down upon (or other looks they are getting of course). Decent overall one still might say.