Che? (1972)

Che? (1972, ITA/FRA/GER) C-114m. SCOPE *** D: Roman Polanski. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith, Guido Alberti, Romolo Valli, Roman Polanski, Dieter Hallervorden. One of master director Polanski's least known films is a satire on the morals and perversions of the upper-class (and their hangers-on). Ravishing 22-year-old American hitchhiker Rome narrowly escapes some Italian thugs and stumbles into a strange mansion. It is populated by the weirdest characters imaginable, one of them being the masochistic, self-professed pimp Mastroianni. Well-directed, amusing and quirky, but also goes on too long at times. Not at all in the league of THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, but still a must for Polanski scholars. The great setting is producer Carlo Ponti's own villa. Also shown at 94m. (as DIARY OF FORBIDDEN DREAMS). English title: WHAT?


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