Young piano student in Italy in the 40s(?) becomes sexually involved with his friends mother, and later to an heiress, much to the consternation of the aforementioned mother... it gets ugly and ends in murder, although I was genuinely surprised in that the person I thought would do the killing ended up being the victim, and vice versa. Beautiful score, and a sensational performance from Senta Berger as the abandoned lover - I only really knew her as bosomy decoration in 60s spy movies, so she was a revelation here. Ornella Muti plays the heiress so between the two of them there are some pretty steamy sex scenes (Stefano Patrizi must rate as one of the luckiest actors ever to get sex scenes with both Muti & Berger in the same movie). I got a pretty poor copy but it looks potentially a really beautiful film - would LOVE to see it on the big screen. Capucine plays Muti's mother. Very neat ending. Totally unexpected lesbian seduction. To be honest I was expecting something altogether more salacious (a kind of sex and jackboots epic like Salon Kitty), but I was NOT disappointed. Its a very classy movie. Think Italian Chabrol. Incidentally - the visuals on the IMDb page ARE NOT from this movie....
Review of Nest of Vipers
