The Couples

Year: 1970

Runtime: 121 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Comedy

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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