How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)

Original title

Sessomatto

Directed by

Dino Risi

Genre

commedia dell'arte, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anthology film includes several comedic segments. Each one explores different kinds of sexual behavior and desires.

playfulwrylightheartedrisquecomedicepisodicanimatedsatirical

What happens

Sessomatto ("Sex Mad"), internationally released as How Funny Can Sex Be?, is a 1973 Italian anthology erotic comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the segments have sex and sexual perversions as their main theme. The film was a commercial success grossing $5 million in Italy. It received an American release beginning in the fall of 1976, mounted by Funny Property Associates, a consortium consisting of Bob Lipman and Art Fisher of Lipman Advertising, attorney Leon Greenberg, and breeding farm owner Mort Finder; it was released to theatres in both subtitled and dubbed versions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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