Your Hands on My Body

Your Hands on My Body

1970 · 91 min · ★ 4.0 · Thriller

Andrea, the only son of a rich publisher, is a neurotic young man obsessed by his mother. He is dominated by uncontrollable impulses and suicidal fantasies, while his regressive behaviour makes him lonely and frustrated. Incapable of having normal sexual relationships, he spies on his stepmother's adulterous affairs and is obsessed by Carol, a young American girl he secretly films (even when she's making love with her boyfriend), and whom he clumsily courts. Finally, Andrea wins Carol over but is still tormented by the fear of losing his own private world of memories and macabre games...

Directed by Brunello Rondi · Written by Luciano Martino

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Lino Capolicchio Andrea
Erna Schürer Mireille
Colette Descombes Carol
José Quaglio Mario
Daniël Sola
Pier Paola Bucchi Clara - the maid
Elena Cotta
Irene Aloisi
Anne Marie Braafheid Nivel
Paolo Rosani
Gianni Pulone Barman
Bruno Alias Party Guest (uncredited)

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