The Belt

1h 33m

3.3

Vittorio, an American novelist teaching in Rome, meets the beautiful but damaged Bianca and they rapidly fall into an urgent, tempestuous affair. He's hesitant over their relationship since she seems to thrive on conflict and is constantly baiting him into physical altercation. Bianca gives Vittorio an exquisite leather belt as a gift; he knows immediately that she wants him to whip her with it. Driven by his craving for her, Vittorio complies to Bianca's desire. Their relationship escalates into a dark realm of S&M which becomes more and more self-destructive.

Cast

Vittorio De Simone

Eleonora Brigliadori

Giuliana Calandra

Bianca's Mother

Lidia Broccolino

Bianca's Friend

Riccardo Salvino

Prof. Achille Biondelli

Delia D'Alberti

Biondelli's Wife

Claire Hardwick

Vittorio's Mistress

Valentino Zeichen

Self (as Mario Zeichen)

Francesco Scali

Emidio La Vella

Marisa Serafina

Ivano Marescotti

Friend of Bianca's Mother

Francesco Palermo

Crew

Francesca Archibugi

Screenplay, Story

Gloria Malatesta

Screenplay, Story

Claudia Sbarigia

Screenplay, Story

Alberto Moravia

Carlo Bartolucci

Rossana Cingolani

Assistant Editor

Antonella Alocci

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

Gabriele Polverosi

Assistant Director

Production Coordinator

Giovanni Bertolucci

Production Design, Set Decoration

Assistant Camera

Roberto de Franceschi

Assistant Camera

Cristina Albonico

Assistant Costume Designer

Roberto Alberghini

Rosalino Cellamare

Original Music Composer

Roberto Biciocchi

Still Photographer

Piero De Bernardi

Script Consultant

Maria Letizia Garofalo

Script Supervisor

Rodolfo Calascibetta

Property Master

Walter Faitanini

Assistant Property Master

Gianmaria Gervasi

Assistant Property Master

Giulio Bastioni

Maurizio Spinelli

Anna Rita Della Rocca

Rossella Ferrero

Production Secretary

Production Secretary

Production Secretary

Cosimo Pichierri

Production Secretary