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Le pillole di Ercole (1960)

Le pillole di Ercole poster
Directed by
Luciano Salce
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A meek newly-wed man takes a pill that turns him into a sex maniac. The film follows the chaotic consequences of this transformation.

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What happens

Le pillole di Ercole (The Pills of Hercules) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The film revolves around "a sort of miraculous Viagra ante litteram [that] turns a meek newly-wed (Nino Manfredi) into a sex maniac." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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