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Mano rubata
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Wikipedia article
'Mano rubata' ('stolen hand') is a 1989 Italian television movie directed by Alberto Lattuada. The film concerns gambling and is the last work of Lattuada.[https://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=45116 Mano rubata on MyMovies]
Plot
The story takes place in Paris. Gnther Mayer, a young writer, is impressed by a beautiful woman whom he sees for the first time through the window of a flower shop. After that he meets her briefly for a few times.
The opportunity to meet the beautiful stranger occurs at a party in the house of Marianne, a friend of his. Among the guests there is a writer, a professor of psychology, an aristocrat, a starlet, a painter, and a hypochondriac woman.
The stranger, Juliette Carfienne, arrives at Marianne's house while Gnther, bored, is leaving. After they meet she refuses Gnther's offers of friendship. He offers the guests a game: poker elimination that will finally have one winner only and who will be the only one who will stay dressed; losers must undress themselves or commit suicide. In the last hand between Juliette and Gnther, the latter wins. All losers undress except Juliette who chooses to commit suicide. As a sign of defiance, Gnther takes an automatic pistol from his jacket and hands it to Juliet. While the latter is about to shoot, Gnther removes the weapon from her hand and wants to be who lost the game; then he undresses. Juliette declares herself defeated and also strips.
After the party, the guests leave; on the stairs Gnther tells Juliet that he has only seen her eyes; both leave together.
Cast
* Carmen Loderus, as Juliette Carfienne
* Ralph Schicha, as Gnther Mayer
* Milena Vukotic, as Fabienne
* Genevive Omini, as Marianne
* Clment Harari, as a professor of psychology
* Christiane Jean, as a female hypochondriac
* Christian de Tillire, as an aristocrat
* Roger Miremont, as a painter
* Patrick Bonnel, as a writer
* Herma Vos, as a starlette
* Marie Florestan
References
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