Bambina
1974 [ITALIAN]
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Plot summary
In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged to Clotilde, her mentally-disturbed and sex-obsessed adolescent daughter. He plans to have her kidnapped and raped by an accomplice so she won't be a virgin anymore and he'll have an excuse to get out of the impending marriage. But what he doesn't plan is to fall in love with the girl...
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Teresa Savoy is the "Bambina" (in more ways than one, unfortunately)
Iren Papas is excellent
This film has a similar premise as Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things. I have a feeling that Lanthimos had seen this and consciously or unconsciously incorporated it into his work. Irene Papas's performance is majestic and there is a lot more to this film that you would not get if you just went by the one star reviews. I personally find this period in Lattuada's work and related 1970s Italian cinema quite interesting and rewarding. These films are not at all like the cheap exploitation films that are celebrated by film buffs, MUBI and the BFI. A great deal of good work has gone into this and the editing and the action is very tight.