Women Without Men

Women Without Men

Every beloved object is the center of a paradise.

2021 · 10 min · Drama, Crime

Italy 1965. Marcello, a middle-class man, decides to spend the night with a prostitute. He gets in touch with a luxurious brothel managed by a very strict owner with draconian rules. Among multiple women introduced to him he chooses Bice, a young woman in her early twenties. After their sexual intercourse the bedroom’s phone rings.

Directed by Luca Grazioli · Written by Lorenzo Gafforini

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