El hombre es Antonio y la mujer una hermosísima Claudia Cardinale... la llamada viene de adentro de mi casa.

El hombre es Antonio y la mujer una hermosísima Claudia Cardinale... la llamada viene de adentro de mi casa.

Mastroianni and Cardinale never really have a successful or healthy relationship on screen, but they always look so beautiful breaking eachothers hearts so at least we have that! a win is a win!

also this film is listed as a drama/comedy, but if you are looking to laugh, u should watch literally anything else because this will leave you HEARTBROKEN and EMPTY.

Mastroianni and Cardinale never really have a successful or healthy relationship on screen, but they always look so beautiful breaking eachothers hearts so at least we have that! a win is a win!

also this film is listed as a drama/comedy, but if you are looking to laugh, u should watch literally anything else because this will leave you HEARTBROKEN and EMPTY.

Wow that was actually way better than I expected. The film talks about perceived masculinity and actually masculinity. Antonio is seen as the perfect man, he's handsome, virile and very promiscuous and desirable. Antonio is often well praised for his sexual prowess for going out with women often. But this image, this façade is not about Antonio really is. He doesn't intend to settle down until he sees a photo of Barbara Puglisi, who he considers to be an angel from heaven. They marry and honestly I do think Antonio really did love her. Antonio truly does love her, he often kisses her and confesses his love. But Barbara begins to realise that he never touches her and I think also she was very much influenced by people around her who influenced her decision to get an annulment and wed another man. This deeply breaks Antonio. Antonio is very interesting because I think he is not impotent in the general sense. He seems to be someone who often frequents women and has sex with them. But I think when there is truly emotional intimacy within the relationship, he's psychologically impotent. I think in his eyes sexual desire doesn't exist with emotional love like almost in a way that he feels guilty about the thoughts of wanting to sleep with his wife. And when it's told that he is impotent it's so fascinating to see the community turn their back on him. He's now emasculated and cannot prove his worth as a man. His father is upset too and very angry and wishes his son to be a "man". The sexual impotence of him shatters the illusion he had earlier on and leads him to social and personal ruin. The community begin to shun him. While I don't know for sure, but I feel like in Italian society, and probably a lot of societies actually, based on this film, that there is an immense value on the virility of a man it represents honour and prestige which is ironic because that clashes with the Catholic church which was heavily dominant and still is in Italy. There's a undercurrent of religious and moral hypocrisy. The society upholds catholic values which are highly conservative but this society thrives on gossip and shaming. The end is just pure tragedy, he realises he will never be able to truly be with Barbara again and she is all who he wants. Which many don't seem to understand. The film was actually so good icl! And I think Marcello Mastroianni gave such a great performance as a tortured man. You can truly feel when his character is in love and it's amazing. But his performance is tragic and very nuanced. Claudia Cardinale has more of a bigger role but again when will she lead a film 😭😭 but seriously she was amazing and you know what I think this film was good anyways so I didn't mind if she wasn't in it that much. Such an interesting film for it's commentary on masculinity and virility!

Wow that was actually way better than I expected. The film talks about perceived masculinity and actually masculinity. Antonio is seen as the perfect man, he's handsome, virile and very promiscuous and desirable. Antonio is often well praised for his sexual prowess for going out with women often. But this image, this façade is not about Antonio really is. He doesn't intend to settle down until he sees a photo of Barbara Puglisi, who he considers to be an angel from heaven. They marry and honestly I do think Antonio really did love her. Antonio truly does love her, he often kisses her and confesses his love. But Barbara begins to realise that he never touches her and I think also she was very much influenced by people around her who influenced her decision to get an annulment and wed another man. This deeply breaks Antonio. Antonio is very interesting because I think he is not impotent in the general sense. He seems to be someone who often frequents women and has sex with them. But I think when there is truly emotional intimacy within the relationship, he's psychologically impotent. I think in his eyes sexual desire doesn't exist with emotional love like almost in a way that he feels guilty about the thoughts of wanting to sleep with his wife. And when it's told that he is impotent it's so fascinating to see the community turn their back on him. He's now emasculated and cannot prove his worth as a man. His father is upset too and very angry and wishes his son to be a "man". The sexual impotence of him shatters the illusion he had earlier on and leads him to social and personal ruin. The community begin to shun him. While I don't know for sure, but I feel like in Italian society, and probably a lot of societies actually, based on this film, that there is an immense value on the virility of a man it represents honour and prestige which is ironic because that clashes with the Catholic church which was heavily dominant and still is in Italy. There's a undercurrent of religious and moral hypocrisy. The society upholds catholic values which are highly conservative but this society thrives on gossip and shaming. The end is just pure tragedy, he realises he will never be able to truly be with Barbara again and she is all who he wants. Which many don't seem to understand. The film was actually so good icl! And I think Marcello Mastroianni gave such a great performance as a tortured man. You can truly feel when his character is in love and it's amazing. But his performance is tragic and very nuanced. Claudia Cardinale has more of a bigger role but again when will she lead a film 😭😭 but seriously she was amazing and you know what I think this film was good anyways so I didn't mind if she wasn't in it that much. Such an interesting film for it's commentary on masculinity and virility!

I love how this movie feels like a Greek tragedy in the truest sense--it's just Nature that pushes our tragic hero to his end, something that he can't necessarily control, but that is pounded into his psyche by the world around him. In Pasolini's script, the "villain" is Catholic ideologies about sex and masculinity. Just like how Oedipus tries to swim against the will of the Pythian oracle and fails, so too does Antonio struggle against the Catholic Church's damaging stance on sex, marriage, and machismo. It's so obviously written by Pasolini, and it's a great screenplay. I wish it looked a little more dynamic and moved with a bit more grace and fluidity.

I love how this movie feels like a Greek tragedy in the truest sense--it's just Nature that pushes our tragic hero to his end, something that he can't necessarily control, but that is pounded into his psyche by the world around him. In Pasolini's script, the "villain" is Catholic ideologies about sex and masculinity. Just like how Oedipus tries to swim against the will of the Pythian oracle and fails, so too does Antonio struggle against the Catholic Church's damaging stance on sex, marriage, and machismo. It's so obviously written by Pasolini, and it's a great screenplay. I wish it looked a little more dynamic and moved with a bit more grace and fluidity.