The Girl from Trieste
Released: 1982
Drama, Thriller
A middle-aged artist (Ben Gazarra) sketching on the beach witnesses a young woman (Ornella Muti) being rescued from drowning. He loans her a blanket. Later she returns the blanket and they have sex several times, but she always leaves right afterward, leaving the man to wonder who she is and where she goes. Things become more complicated as he begins to fall in love with her, and after his regular girlfriend (Mimsy Farmer), with whom he has a curiously open relationship, returns. He eventually begins to realize his mysterious new lover may be very much insane.
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Andréa Ferréol, William Berger, Romano Puppo, Bianca Toso
Directed by: Pasquale Festa Campanile
Written by: Pasquale Festa Campanile, Ottavio Jemma
Language: Italian, German
Scenes
A woman goes to the bathroom at a man's house and pees. When the man asks why she doesn't shut the door, she says she likes a man who loves her even when she pees. He apparently does not like the peeing, however, and so he closes the door before walking away.
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Alternate Titles
La fille de Trieste