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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

1966 · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · Comedy

An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.

Directed by Pietro Germi · Written by Luciano Vincenzoni

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