Title: Down the Ancient Stairs
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Languages: Italian
Genres: Drama,
Runtime: 1:50:00 Hour
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Marthe Keller
Directors: Mauro Bolognini
Rating: 6.7 (408 Votes)
Year: 1975
Summary: A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?
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