The Libertine (1968)

Original title

La matriarca

Directed by

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Genre

comedy film, sex film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young widow finds out her late husband had a secret apartment for kinky sex. She uses that same apartment to try out her own sexual adventures with different men.

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What happens

The Libertine (Italian: La matriarca, lit. 'The Matriarch') is a 1968 Italian sex comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Catherine Spaak and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film follows a young widow who discovers that her recently deceased husband had a secret apartment where he engaged in kinky sexual practices with other women. In light of this discovery, she decides to use the same apartment to explore her own sexuality with other men. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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