Il Magnifico Cornuto

[Machine Translation] [Cinema Library] Well, please listen! The whole story is about a happy-go-lucky, suspicious wife who has been summoned to a delusional heaven, body and soul! Ettore Scola and five others have adapted the Belgian playwright Fernand Cromlang's "The Generous Cuckold" with well thought-out dialogue and storytelling, while Antonio Pietrangeli uses his outstanding sense of humor to ironize the foolish new bourgeoisie in this Italian-style comedy. The beautiful and glamorous Claudia Cardinale, a treasure of the Italian film industry in the 1960s, was 26 years old at the time, and her appearance in this film is a must-see. --Andrea, a hat factory owner, is happily married to his beautiful young wife Maria Grazia. One day at a party, his acquaintance's wife, Christiana, invites him to an affair, but Andrea is perplexed by the ease with which a married woman can commit adultery, and begins to suspect his own wife as well. His suspicions are aroused by the images of his wife's infidelity, and they grow more and more intense. When his suspicions finally reach their peak, Andrea drives his wife's car out of control, and in a half-crazed state, he questions the man with whom she is having an affair. Maria Grazia, sensing danger to herself, immediately utters the name of a man...

[復刻シネマライブラリー] まあ、お聞きください! 一部始終を―― 身も心も妄想天国に召された幸せな或る疑妻家の世にも恐ろしき残酷絵巻! ベルギーの劇作家フェルナン・クロムランクの「気前のよい寝取られ亭主」を、エットレ・スコラをはじめ総勢5人が、考え抜かれた台詞とストーリーテリングで脚色、アントニオ・ピエトランジェリがその抜群のセンスを活かし、愚かな新興ブルジョアを皮肉ったイタリア式艶笑喜劇。60年代イタリア映画界の至宝、当時26歳のクラウディア・カルディナーレの美しく艶やかな姿は必見に値する。――帽子工場主のアンドレアは、若く美しい妻マリア・グラツィアと裕福で幸せな結婚生活を送っていた。ある日のパーティで知人の妻クリスティアーナに誘われ、浮気を楽しむものの、人妻がいとも簡単に不貞を働くことに当惑したアンドレアは、自分の妻のことも疑い始める。一度点いた猜疑心は、次第に激しく燃え盛り、やがてアンドレアの頭の中では次から次へと妻の浮気風景が膨らんでゆく。ついに疑念が頂点に達した時、アンドレアは、妻を乗せた車を暴走させ、半狂乱になって浮気の相手を問い詰める。身の危険を感じたマリア・グラツィアはとっさにある男の名前を口走るのだが・・・。