The Flesh

The Flesh

1991•1h 30m•5.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(65)

A piano player meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism. After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

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Production

M.M.D. Rome

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto

Paolo

Francesca Dellera

Francesca Dellera

Francesca

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Nicola

Farid Chopel

Farid Chopel

Aldo

Petra Reinhardt

Petra Reinhardt

Giovanna

Gudrun Gundlach

Gudrun Gundlach

Nursing woman on the beach

Nicoletta Boris

Nicoletta Boris

Owner of the Bar

Alessandro De Santis

Alessandro De Santis

Son of the owner of the bar

Eleonora Cecere

Eleonora Cecere

Daughter of Paolo

Massimo Bucchi

Priest

Sonia Topazio

Sonia Topazio

Supermarket Cashier

Pino Tosca

Carabiniere

Matteo Ripaldi

Matteo Ripaldi

Clelia Piscitelli

Elena Wiedermann

Daniele Fralassi

Salvatore Esposito

Fulvio Falzarano

Fulvio Falzarano

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