Strange Occasion

Strange Occasion
Directed byLuigi Comencini
Nanni Loy
Luigi Magni
Written bySergio Corbucci
Leo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Rodolfo Sonego
Produced byFausto Saraceni
StarringNino Manfredi
Stefania Sandrelli
Alberto Sordi
Paolo Villaggio
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Aldo Tonti
Edited byNino Baragli
Ruggero Mastroianni
Franco Fraticelli
Music byPiero Piccioni
Distributed byCineriz
Release date
  • 23 December 1976 (1976-12-23)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Quelle strane occasioni, internationally released as Strange Occasion, is a 1976 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Luigi Magni. Loy opted not to be credited for his segment, Italian Superman, which is shown as being directed by "Anonimo" (Anonymous).[1]

Plot

Italian Superman

Giobatta and Piera are a couple of Italian immigrants in the Netherlands, who barely earn a living selling castagnaccio to the locals. One night, Giobatta is robbed by a gang of muggers who, while checking his pockets, realize he is well-endowed: they take him to the owner of a nightclub, who forcibly hires him as a live sex performer without Piera’s knowledge. While the profits improve the couple's livelihood, their sexual life suffers. When Piera learns about Giobatta's moonlighting, she allows him to continue on the condition that she be the female performer. Seeing as Giobatta is too shy to publicly perform with his wife, the nightclub owner demotes him to doorman and hires another male performer for Piera.

The Swedish Rocking Horse

When middle-aged architect Antonio Pecoraro is left home alone while his wife and daughter are away on vacation, he is visited by Kristina, the daughter of a Swedish friend of the family. That night, the now adult Kristina admits she never overcame the secret crush she harbored for Antonio as a child, and proceeds to seduce him. The next day, ignoring Antonio's traditionalist conception of sex, Kristina reveals that Antonio's wife Giovanna had previously conducted a three-month carnal affair with her father—which, according to Kristina, saved both marriages. When Giovanna returns, Antonio greets her coldly, hinting that he now knows the truth.

The Elevator

On the eve of Ferragosto, Monsignor Ascanio La Costa becomes trapped in an elevator with the young and attractive Donatella inside a large, deserted housing complex in Rome. Through an entire day of forced cohabitation, the pair develop a rapport, during which Donatella confides certain details of her sentimental life. During a power outage, the prelate takes advantage of Donatella in the pitch-black cabin. Once the elevator is back in service, he persuades her to forget the incident while still giving her his calling card. It is finally revealed that the Monsignor was in the building on his way to meet his mistress.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Giacovelli, Enrico (1995). La commedia all'italiana. Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-8876058738.


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