
Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle.
Cast

Ugo Tognazzi
Orimbelli

Patrick Dewaere
Marco Maffei

Ornella Muti
Matilde

Lia Tanzi
Landina

Gabriella Giacobbe
Cleofe

Katia Tchenko
Charlotte

Karine Verlier
Germaine
Franco Sangermano
Mazzoleni - the Examining Magistrate

Piero Mazzarella
Brighenti

Renzo Ozzano
Warrant Officer Gambino
Rosa Maria Calogero
Martina (as Francesca Juvara)
Giuseppe Brugnarolo
Unknown

Max Turilli
Angelo
Crew

Dino Risi
Director, Screenplay

Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Piero Chiara
Novel
Alberto Gallitti
Editor

Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography

Giovanni Bertolucci
Producer
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design, Production Designer
Orietta Nasalli Rocca
Costume Design
Mario Dallimonti
Sound Editor

Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Bruno Cesari
Set Decoration
Enrico Lucherini
Unit Publicist
Paolo Biagetti
Art Direction



















