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Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
ITALY · 1975

Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair

Mauro Bolognini
mental illness psychiatric institutions sexual manipulation fascist italy medical ethics
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Synopsis

A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doc

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