I found this to be one of the most unattractive films (that sits in the comedy category) - in terms of humanity - I have ever seen. Let's see - a married 37 year member of the Italian aristocracy falls in love with his 16 year old cousin. He cannot get a divorce, so he needs to kill his wife, which means he needs a good excuse. He determines infidelity on her part would be best; he's a "don" so he won't do as much time for murder as a member of the working class. He gets going with hooking her up, so she can be unfaithful and he can kill her and marry the first cousin.
Yep, it's a lovely story. On top of that, all the older women have mustaches and uni-brows. If that's a cheap laugh, it was lost on me. Marcello Mastroianni stars as the endearing husband.
If you want to watch people treat each other badly, there are many films in the drama category (Schindler's List, Hotel Rwanda) that will make you consider becoming a shut-in. But this is supposed to be a comedy. Not cool.
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