Femmina (1998)

A beautiful wife of good social standing falls into a flaming passion with a young man. Sooner than expected, she will be unable to terminate the liaison. It will follows that her husband is not wanted. And you can be sure she¬ considering divorce as a solution. Written by master screenwriter Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, "Femmina" ("Woman") tells a story claiming to explore vortex of the "amour fou", but proving to be only an unplausible and boring softcore. Stage actress Monica Guerritore - at her nth movie of such kind - does her utmost in several sexual intercourses with her young lover, but she acts like a jazz musician who fails to reach flareup. No intensity. No rapture. No carnality. But most of the fails of this beat-the-air movie falls on Director Giuseppe Ferlito, who showed unable to be wide awake at the wheel. Reasons why Mrs Guerritore chooses such roles remain an impenetrable mystery.