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The Moralist (1959)

The Moralist poster
Original title
Il moralista
Directed by
Giorgio Bianchi
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
T
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy that pokes fun at people who preach strict moral values and those who profit from selling sex. The film follows characters caught between hypocrisy and exploitation in 1950s Italy.

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What happens

The Moralist (Italian: Il moralista) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio de Sica, it satirises both the upholders of traditional sexual morality and the exploiters selling sex in a willing market. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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