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Malicious

Original title: Malizia
  • 1973
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
3.9K
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Malicious (1973)
Coming-of-AgeSteamy RomanceComedyDramaRomance

A widower and two of his sons become infatuated with their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.A widower and two of his sons become infatuated with their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.A widower and two of his sons become infatuated with their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.

  • Director
    • Salvatore Samperi
  • Writers
    • Salvatore Samperi
    • Ottavio Jemma
    • Alessandro Parenzo
  • Stars
    • Laura Antonelli
    • Turi Ferro
    • Alessandro Momo
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    3.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Salvatore Samperi
    • Writers
      • Salvatore Samperi
      • Ottavio Jemma
      • Alessandro Parenzo
    • Stars
      • Laura Antonelli
      • Turi Ferro
      • Alessandro Momo
    • 19User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Laura Antonelli
    Laura Antonelli
    • Angela
    Turi Ferro
    Turi Ferro
    • Ignazio
    Alessandro Momo
    Alessandro Momo
    • Nino
    Tina Aumont
    Tina Aumont
    • Luciana
    Lilla Brignone
    Lilla Brignone
    • Granma
    Pino Caruso
    Pino Caruso
    • Don Cirillo
    Angela Luce
    Angela Luce
    • Ines Corallo
    Stefano Amato
    Stefano Amato
    • Porcello
    Gianluigi Chirizzi
    Gianluigi Chirizzi
    • Antonio
    Grazia Di Marzà
    Grazia Di Marzà
    • Adelina
    Massimiliano Filoni
    Massimiliano Filoni
    • Enzio
    Renato Gigli
    • Man at Funeral
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Salvatore Samperi
    • Writers
      • Salvatore Samperi
      • Ottavio Jemma
      • Alessandro Parenzo
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    6stefanozucchelli

    Not great as i thought

    Cult film that despite its fame did not strike me very much indeed I found the relationship between the young scion of the family and the housekeeper too morbid, especially since hers will end up marrying her father.
    lazarillo

    Dark and perverse Italian sex comedy

    Although this movie is ostensibly a comedy, I personally found it pretty perverse and disturbing at times. Laura Antonelli is a maid who comes to work for a grieving widower and his rather disturbed adolescent son. She soon finds herself engaged to marry the widower but at the same time being sexually black-mailed by the son. She finds a way to turn the tables on the latter (although you'll hardly feel to sorry for him).

    The idea of a young boy losing his virginity to his stepmother-to-be seems pretty perverse, especially today, but there's also a scene where the boy and his overweight friend spy on the latter's slumbering and half-nude sister (who he later takes on memorably sexy bike ride). The sister is played by a young Tina Aumont, so you not only get a double dose of incest but a little Lolita with your Madonna.

    This is the movie that made Antonelli an international sex star and features the famous scene where she's standing on a ladder in a short skirt and no underwear, but frankly she's a lot more memorable in other films I've seen like "Venus in Furs", "The Divine Nymph", "The Venetian Lady", and even Lucio Fulci's "The Eroticist". This also doesn't really quite make it as a comedy (although these dark and perverse continental variations are almost always preferable to the painfully unfunny American and British variety). It functions somewhat as a coming-of-age film I guess, even if the disturbed young protagonist isn't necessarily a very sympathetic character. You could do worse I suppose.
    8bennsid

    best Italian sex comedy ever

    i got pulled into watching more of Italian sex comedies after watching this film ,The film is true brilliance amazing work by the director and just love laura antoneli shes just amazing and gorgeous i wish i was born in the 60ts and i could watch this movie in my teens in a theater. the best part in this movie is the dining table scene where in young alesandro momo tries to slip in his hand in lauras undergarments and she doesn't resists she gives in to his deeds and the worst part is the ending wherein she rapes him why did that have to happen moreover the movie has some excellent acting by the actors laura antonelli in special and i wish alessandro momo was alive today he had to die so soon
    8jasontheterrible

    Fast, witty, deft insights

    If you enjoy rapid-fire wit this film pleases like few others. Unfortunately some versions of English subtitles do not capture many of the best lines. There is some full frontal nudity at the end but most of the eroticism and comedy comes from two of the three brothers who are being driven crazy by the hot new maid, through no fault of her own. The youngest boy is also funny as the oblivious locomotive not interested in propriety. The father and two brothers fall in love and lust and while she is trying to be loyal to the widower dad, one of his sons cannot stop provoking and enticing her. He is also the most interesting character suffering with raging hormones, inexperience and a Machiavellian streak.
    Vincentiu

    nice

    it has all ingredients of an Italian comedy. but it is not exactly one of them.it has the chaotic slices of Meridional life style but it is not the story of its characters. because the key is not the humor, not the eroticism but the interesting and realistic image of a teenager impulses. a film about a metamorphose. step by step. different ages, dark humor drops, few beautiful scenes and seductive atmosphere. nothing special but useful for a style for discover the life as a form of adventure. a film who preserves the flavor of its period and gives a right definition about the eroticism in a time who dreams revolution. and a good performance by Alessandre Momo.

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    • Trivia
      There is a scene in the film where the father played by Turi Ferro tries to bribe his son Nino (Alessandro Momo) by buying him the motorcycle that he wanted so badly, even though the boy is not old enough to ride the vehicle. Nino does not accept the offer and justifies it by saying that motorcycles are very dangerous. In a sad, macabre coincidence, actor Alessandro Momo died the following year in a motorcycle accident - and when he was 17, that is, not yet legally authorized to ride the vehicle.
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      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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    • Release date
      • February 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Malicia
    • Filming locations
      • Acireale, Catania, Sicily, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Clesi Cinematografica
      • Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $109,133
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 38m(98 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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