Rico is a not too successful screen-player. He is also a repressed sex addict. His life changes when he starts to talk to his own penis, which incredibly answers him! All his relationships and views about reality are seriously impacted by his new "friend", his penis! The "two" in fact, often have different opinions, and sometimes the personality of "it" is stronger than its owner.
Acting
Lando Buzzanca commits to talking to his crotch with tragic sincerity
Direction
Salce treats penis soliloquies like Shakespearean tragedy
Costume
1973 Italian fashion that screams 'I have issues with my father'
Director
Luciano Salce
Lando Buzzanca
Rico
Bulle Ogier
Irene
Vittorio Caprioli
Cutica
Antonia Santilli
Flavia Protti
Gabriella Giorgelli
Fausta - wife of Rico
Yves Beneyton
Maurizio
Mario Pisu
Protti
Jessica Dublin
Trotti's Wife
Paolo Bonacelli
Vladimiro
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Servant
Bruno Alias
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Nicoletta Elmi
Virginia (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 'commedia sexy all'italiana' boom—films mocking Catholic repression through increasingly absurd erotic premises. This one just made the subtext literal.
Lando Buzzanca was a huge star in these films; this role reportedly made him so synonymous with sexually frustrated everymen that fans would shout at his crotch in public.
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