Malicious (1973 film)

Malicious
Theatrical release poster
ItalianMalizia
Directed bySalvatore Samperi
Screenplay by
  • Ottavio Jemma
  • Alessandro Parenzo
  • Salvatore Samperi
Story bySalvatore Samperi
Produced bySilvio Clementelli
Starring
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byFred Bongusto
Production
company
Clesi Cinematografica
Distributed byRizzoli Film
Release date
  • 29 March 1973 (1973-03-29) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office11,756,327 admissions (Italy)[1]

Malicious (Italian: Malizia, lit.'Malice') is a 1973 Italian erotic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Salvatore Samperi. It stars Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro and Alessandro Momo. The film is about the sexual desire of a widower and his three sons for their new housekeeper.[2] At the Silver Ribbons awards, Antonelli and Ferro won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.[3] The film was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[4] A sequel, Malizia 2000, was released in 1991 with the same cast.

  1. ^ "La classifica dei film più visti di sempre al cinema in Italia". movieplayer.it. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Samperi Salvatore: Malice (Malizia)". Rai International. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  4. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Malicious". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 June 2010.