L’ape regina (The Conjugal Bed). 1963. Directed by Marco Ferreri

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L'ape regina (The Conjugal Bed). 1963. Italy/France. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Courtesy Park Circus

L’ape regina (The Conjugal Bed). 1963. Italy/France. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Screenplay by Goffredo Parise, Rafael Azcona, Ferreri, Diego Fabbri. With Ugo Tognazzi, Marina Vlady, Walter Giller. In Italian; English subtitles. 90 min.

A satirical Buñuelian grotesquerie that was cruelly censored, Ferreri’s first Italian feature involves the grim fate of a doting, middle-aged husband (Tognazzi) who struggles to get over his neurotic impotence and his fierce wife’s impatience, only to be devoured like a male praying mantis.

DCP from Luce Cinecittà; courtesy Rialto.

This film accompanies Ugo Tognazzi: Tragedies of a Ridiculous Man.

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