The Innocent (1976)

Original title

L'innocente

Directed by

Luchino Visconti

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aristocratic man openly carries on an affair while his wife endures it. When he suspects she has been unfaithful in return, he becomes obsessed with winning her back.

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What happens

The Innocent (Italian: L'innocente) is a 1976 period drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, and Jennifer O'Neill. It is an adaptation of Gabriele d'Annunzio's 1892 novel The Intruder, about a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again. It was Visconti's final film, released posthumously, three months after his death in March 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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