Matilda

Matilda

1990 · 81 min · ★ 5.0 · Comedy

Matilda is an unlucky girl: her boyfriends keep dying in strange accidents. The last of them, Torquato, a shy filing clerk, is a little afraid of this situation and doesn't know how to continue the relationship.

Directed by Giorgio Magliulo · Written by Graziano Diana

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