Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Down the Ancient Staircase
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Erotic Drama | Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian and Marthe Keller
Down the Ancient Staircase
Xvid 720x432 25.00fps 1699Kbps | Italian Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192Kbps | English sub/idx | 01:37:46 | 1.29 Gb
Erotic Drama | Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian and Marthe Keller
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife.His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?
DOWN THE ANCIENT STAIRS has Marcello Mastroianni playing the head doctor in an insane asylum of fascist Italy of the thirties. Director Bolognini probably intended the hospital to represent a microcosm of the Italy of the times. The doctor is working on the theory that schizophrenia is caused by a physical virus that can be isolated and treated. This controversial film examines the repressive mechanisms common to fascism and institutional psychiatry. The doctor is loved by three women and has simultaneous affairs with a nurse, a nymphomaniac, and the hospital director's wife. Although somewhat sensationalized, this film was made by a director of some renown, Mauro Bolognini, who gave us gems like BELL'ANTONIO (also with Mastroianni), LA GRANDE BOURGEOISE, METELLO, AGOSTINO, and LA VIACCIA.
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
Per le antiche scale (1975)
No more mirrors!