To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday (1974) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1974 · 105 mins · Italian

Directed by

Luciano Salce

Starring

Eleonora Giorgi, Lila Kedrova, Paolo Villaggio, Jimmy il Fenomeno, Carla Mancini, Orchidea De Santis

Count Fernando, known as Didino, is a timid, sexually repressed noble who remains trapped under the domineering, almost vampiric control of his mother, Countess Mafalda. When the household hires a young maid, her presence awakens feelings in Didino and begins to challenge the oppressive family dynamic.