That Strange Desire to Love (1977) Poster

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4/10
Love is in the air
BandSAboutMovies20 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Angela (Marina Giordana, Beast with a Gun) and Marco (Christian Borromeo, Murder Rock) live in a huge house in the country - I will resist making Blur references - and because this movie's title in English is That Strange Desire to Love, you can guess that they are a couple despite being related. Oh Italian exploitation movies...

Don't blame me. Blame Mario Imperoli (Mia moglie, un corpo per l'amore, Like Rabid Dogs) and the man he wrote this with, the infamous Luigi Montefiori, better known as George Eastman.

The problems arise when a teacher named Claudia (Beba Loncar), a teacher is sent to instruct them under the orders of Father Don Giuseppe (Philippe Leroy). There's also Rocco (Eastman), a handyman who has been made mute by a car accident who is also in love with Angela. The giallo element comes in when Angela uses Rocco to get revenge on Claudia for daring to make love to Marco. Upset by his guilt - and the sound of a car accident that Marco keeps replaying - Rocco kills himself and that means that Angela and Marco can embrace once again.

Also: George Eastman is so strong in this movie that he can lift a car.

Somehow, this is probably as tender and well-thought out of an Italian exploitation incest movie as you're going to get. I realize that sentence makes no sense.
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