Characters & Themes
The Couples (1970) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1970 · 121 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Vittorio De Sica
- Starring
- Monica Vitti, Alberto Sordi, Enzo Jannacci, Luigi Bonos, Rossana Di Lorenzo, Kalam Shamsuddin
Three separate stories examine how far people will go for desire and survival. In “The Refrigerator,” a poor immigrant couple blow their savings on a must‑have fridge and, desperate, turn to prostitution. “The Room” shows a ten‑year‑marriage celebration in a luxury Sardinian resort that spirals into crime and prison. “The Lion” traps adulterous lovers Antonio and Giulia with a lion at the place they met, forcing them to face their true nature.
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