Presented in collaboration with CinemaItalia.

Sunday's screening will have a live introduction with speaker TBC.

This film is part of our season celebrating the films of Italian director Lina Wertmüller, running from April to June.

You can find the other films in the season and information about our wider year-long season spotlighting international female filmmakers, here.

Giancarlo Giannini portrays a petty thief who is sent to an insane asylum after murdering and dismembering the pimp who coerced his sister into a life of prostitution. He is then ordered to join the Italian army and is eventually captured by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp, where he attempts to seduce a sadistic female commander. Wertmüller's satire of Italian machismo was honored with four Academy Award nominations, including the first Best Director nomination given to a woman. - Harvard Film Archive

Original language: Italy

Presented with English subtitles