Lola (Anna Ammirati) is engaged to Masetto (Max Parodi), a young man who holds old-fashioned, rigid views on chastity. He insists on abstaining from sexual relations until their wedding night to ensure his bride is "pure."
Set in the sun-drenched Italian countryside of the 1950s, the film follows Monella -1998-
This was a deliberate choice. Brass has often said that cinema is not reality; it is a dream. Monella is a dream about the joy of anticipation, the tyranny of repression, and the ultimate triumph of the flesh. In an era of cynicism, Brass offered sincerity: the sincere belief that a woman’s desire to be desired is a powerful, legitimate, and humorous engine for storytelling. Lola (Anna Ammirati) is engaged to Masetto (Max
Monella (1998): Tinto Brass’s Bawdy, Sunny Celebration of Unapologetic Desire Monella is a dream about the joy of
The plot follows Lola’s various attempts to provoke her fiancé into abandoning his "wait until marriage" rule, leading to a series of comedic and sensual mishaps. Why It Stands Out