Il bell'Antonio
A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.
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"You realise that millennia of civilisation have been quite useless if the functioning of a whole community ultimately depends on whether a man can have an erection or not! The subject of Mauro Bolognini's movie Il Bell'Antonio male impotence would be audacious in 2006, let alone in 1960. Yet here, it's treated with unflinching honesty, one that surprised me for 1960. No euphemisms, no sensationalism, no malicious elbow-nudging, nor sentimental melodrama, but a heart-on-the-sleeve openness which also allows its long-suffering hero to maintain his dignity through a fierce port..."
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Jacque Charrier was initially cast in the title role but changed his mind few days before shooting started as he was concerned that playing an impotent would be damaging for his reputation as the husband of Bridgette Bardot. The director called Mastroianni to replace him only 4 days before shooting started (as stated by Mastroianni in an interview at the CSC available online).
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A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.