Title from sell sheet. Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'neill. Adapted from the novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. Bonus features: reframing L'innocente video essay by author Ivo Blom.
Summary:
Gabrielle d'Annunzios passionate novel is brought to life in the final masterpiece from acclaimed director Luchino Visconti. In late nineteenth-century Italy, Tullio, an insatiable aristocrat, grows bored with his timid wife Giuliana and neglects her for his more exciting mistress, the wealthy widow Countess Teresa Raffo. After learning that Giuliana is having a torrid affair of her own, he becomes tormented by her infidelity and descends into madness.
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