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Crazy Desire

Play trailer Poster for Crazy Desire 1964,  1h 48m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Conservative middle-aged businessman Antonio (Ugo Tognazzi), traveling alone on a driving tour across Italy, crosses paths with a group of rowdy teenagers in a seaside resort town. Immediately smitten by the beautiful young Francesca (Catherine Spaak), one of the girls in the group, the normally upstanding Antonio spends the evening carousing on the beach and the boardwalk with her and her friends, funding their increasingly out-of-control bacchanal.

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Feb 12, 2019 A curious film, slow by modern standards. A sad comedy about a middle-aged conservative businessman who falls in with some summer teenagers and becomes obsessed with Francesca (Spaak). Shave 30 minutes and it would be more palatable; there is much repetition. That said, the black and white photography of Italian locales in 1962 and Ennio Morricone's first score made it worthwhile. Tognazzi plays the wistful businessman with his usual flair. See more
Harry S Apr 29, 2018 i FIRST SAW THIS MOVIE ON PBS NEARLY 45 YEARS AGO - COULDN'T RECALL THE NAME ONLY THAT UGO TOGNAZZI WAS THE LEAD - THEN REMEMBERED IT WELL WHEN LIFE IMITATED ART AND I WENT THROUGH MY OWN MID-LIFE CRISIS - EXCELLENT MOVIE - NOT AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX OR VIA AMAZON - ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE? See more
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Cast & Crew

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Pilantra

Director

Ugo Tognazzi

Antonio Berlinghieri

Catherine Spaak

Francesca

Gianni Garko

Piero

Pilantra

Writer

Isidoro Broggi

Producer

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Crazy Desire

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Movie Info

Synopsis Conservative middle-aged businessman Antonio (Ugo Tognazzi), traveling alone on a driving tour across Italy, crosses paths with a group of rowdy teenagers in a seaside resort town. Immediately smitten by the beautiful young Francesca (Catherine Spaak), one of the girls in the group, the normally upstanding Antonio spends the evening carousing on the beach and the boardwalk with her and her friends, funding their increasingly out-of-control bacchanal.
Director
Pilantra
Producer
Isidoro Broggi
Screenwriter
Pilantra
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 2, 1964, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 10, 2020
Runtime
1h 48m
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