Libera (1993)

6.8/10 83 min Comedy

Overview

Three episodes. In the first, Aurora lives in a luxurious apartment. Among some workers called to her house, she recognizes an old lover, who returns to courting her, but then empties her house. In the second, a boy released from reform school discovers that his mother is actually his father: a transvestite. In the third, a newsagent, suspecting her husband, who constantly pretends to be ill, is cheating on her, places a video camera in her room. She records his sexual encounters on a videotape that she sells at newsstands. In his directorial debut, Corsicato demonstrates a sharp and poetic talent (he was Almodovar's assistant) in creating three portraits of women that are also portraits of his city, Naples.

Cast

Iaia Forte

Aurora / Italia / Libera

Cristina Donadio

Carmela (segment "Carmela") / Amica di Aurora (segment "Aurora")

Ciro Piscopo

Sebastiano (segment "Carmela")

Enzo Moscato

Don Arcangelo (segment "Aurora")

Antonino Bruschetta

Pistoletta (segment "Aurora")

Cinzia Mirabella

Miriam (segment "Carmela")

Vincenzo Peluso

Enzo (segment "Carmela")

Fiorenzo Serra

Cognato di Aurora (segment "Aurora") / Ercole barbiere (segment "Carmela") / Pornomane (segment "Libera")

Paola Iovinella

Amica di Aurora (segment "Aurora") / Amica d'Italia #3 (segment "Carmela") / Immacolata (segment "Libera")

Tosca D'Aquino

Amica di Aurora (segment "Aurora")

Pino Calabrese

Ispettore di polizia (segment "Carmela")

Paolo Montevecchi

Mimmo (segment "Libera")

Manrico Gammarota

Tanino (segment "Libera")

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