Mandragola (1965)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
Callimaco (Philippe Leroy), a Florentine from a rich family, from France, where he wasted his time in the company of young strikers and revelers, returned to Florence, attracted by the fame of Lucrezia's attractiveness: very honest wife of the notary Nicia Calfucci. Callimaco learns from Ligurio, a lunch-breaker, a regular visitor to the Calfucci house, that the notary, worried about the lack of an heir, is experimenting with every remedy to heal his wife's alleged sterility. After some useless attempts by Callimaco to approach the virtuous Luerezia (Rosanna Schiaffino), Ligurio, for money, proposes a daring plan which is immediately implemented. The young patrician, pretending to be an expert French doctor, convinces Nicia to serve his wife a dangerous and powerful infusion based on mandrake, which eliminates sterility - he assures - but very often causes the death of the first man who approaches the woman who has absorbed it. The notary, famous for his credulity, accepts the experiment and allows a tramp, caught at random in the streets of the city, to end up in his wife's bed to neutralize the effect of the mandrake at his own expense. Meanwhile Ligurio has recourse to Timoteo, a corrupt friar, to convince Lucrezia of the lawfulness of the experiment. Of course, everything is combined in such a way that the tramp is Callimachus and the deception is so successful that Lucrezia, having thrown her honesty to the winds, will not only grant herself to Callimachus, but will elect him as her permanent lover. experiment and allows a vagabond, caught at random in the streets of the city, to end up in his wife's bed to neutralize the effect of the mandrake at his own expense. Meanwhile Ligurio has recourse to Timoteo, a corrupt friar, to convince Lucrezia of the lawfulness of the experiment. Of course, everything is combined in such a way that the tramp is Callimachus and the deception is so successful that Lucrezia, having thrown her honesty to the winds, will not only grant herself to Callimachus, but will elect him as her permanent lover. experiment and allows a vagabond, caught at random in the streets of the city, to end up in his wife's bed to neutralize the effect of the mandrake at his own expense. Meanwhile Ligurio has recourse to Timoteo, a corrupt friar, to convince Lucrezia of the lawfulness of the experiment. Of course, everything is combined in such a way that the tramp is Callimachus and the deception is so successful that Lucrezia, having thrown her honesty to the winds, will not only grant herself to Callimachus, but will elect him as her permanent lover. - Actors:
- Rosanna Schiaffino, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Jean-Claude Brialy, Totò, Romolo Valli, Nilla Pizzi, Armando Bandini, Pia Fioretti, Jacques Herlin, Donato Castellaneta, Ugo Attanasio, Luigi Leoni, Renato Montalbano, Mino Bellei, Walter Pinelli
- Directors:
- Alberto Lattuada
- Writers:
- Alberto Lattuada, Niccolò Machiavelli
- Others:
- Danilo Donati
- Aka:
- La mandragola / Mandragola: The Love Root
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Countries:
- Italy
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