Richard Hellman

The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception.

In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).

Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.

마카베예프 감독의 에로틱 판타지 영화 중 가장 화제가 되었고, 논란이 되었던 작품이다. 캐나다와 프랑스 공동 제작으로 만든 영화로 미스 월드로 뽑힌 여성의 성적 일탈과 칼 마르크스의 동상을 달고 암스테르담 일대의 강을 돌아다니는 배의 여선장이 추구하는 도착적인 성애를 병치시켰다. 제목과는 달리 과격한 영화로 미스 월드의 모험을 통해서 부르주아 사회가 파멸시킨 성의 가치를 확인시키고, 몰락한 혁명의 숙명을 안고 떠도는 배 안에서 여선장이 벌이는 섹스를 통해 죽음의 이미지를 보여준다. 자본주의와 사회주의 모두 진정한 성 해방을 이루는데 실패했다는 마카베예프의 비판이 이 영화에 녹아있다.

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.