The Libertine (1969 film)

The Libertine (La Matriarca; a.k.a. The Matriarch) was a 1969 Italian film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.

For a 2004 film of the same title, see The Libertine (2004 film).
The Libertine
Directed byPasquale Festa Campanile
Produced bySilvio Clementelli
executive
Radly Metzger
Written byNicolò Ferrari,
Ottavio Jemma
StarringCatherine Spaak
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Gigi Proietti
Music byArmando Trovajoli
CinematographyAlfio Contini
Edited bySergio Montanari
Production
company
Clesi Cinemtografica
Finanziaria San Marco
Distributed byAudubon Films
Release date
15 May 1969
Running time
90 mins
LanguageItalian
Box office128,378 admissions (France)
$359,883 (Spain)[1]

Plot

This is a sex comedy film about Mimi (Catherine Spaak), a young widow who discovers that her recently deceased husband kept a secret apartment for his kinky desires. Frustrated that he did not explore his sexual fantasies with his wife, she embarks on a quest to understand perversion and sexuality. She uses her late husband's apartment to seduce various men, each time learning more about the depths of human depravation, as well as the extent of the sexual double standard for women (late in the film, she states, "I notice men only call me a whore when I say no. Or stop saying yes.")

Finally, she meets the man who shares himself fully with her, appreciates her sexual daring and accepts her for whoever she is.

Cast

Reception

The New York Times said the film was "not nearly as clever, sophisticated and amusing as it archly pretends."[2] The Guardian called it "pseudo-sophisticated, so fake as to be positively sick making and, what is more, thoroughly unerotic."[3] The Washington Post complained "the film's own attitudes are far too conventional".[4] The Los Angeles Times thought the movie was "at times... pretty hot stuff... has a little more style and wit than most Radley Metzger releases."[5] The Chicago Tribune thought the film was "more clumsy than clever... just as unimaginative as the film it attempts to parody."[6]

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See also

References
  1. Box office information for the film at Box Office Story
  2. Thompson, Howard (May 16, 1969). "Screen: Restless Widow: The Libertine' Stars Catherine Spaak". New York Times. p. 41.
  3. Malcolm, Derek (15 Aug 1969). "The slow, the bad, and Buster". The Guardian. London (UK). p. 6.
  4. Gary Arnold. (Aug 16, 1969). "A Comic 'Libertine'". The Washington Post. p. C6.
  5. Thomas, Kevin. (Aug 20, 1969). "MOVIE REVIEW: 'Libertine' Westwood Run". Los Angeles Times. p. e19.
  6. Clifford, Terry. (Aug 25, 1969). "The Movies: 'The Libertine'". Chicago Tribune. p. a9.
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