
20 Mar 1992

Basic Instinct
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.
Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
Alfio (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi") / Ciccio (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
Santuzza (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
Lola (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
Milena (segment "La danza delle ore")
Marchese Achille Pozzuoli (segment "La danza delle ore")
Marchese Ciccillo Pozzuoli (segment "La danza delle ore")
(segment "La danza delle ore")
(segment "La danza delle ore")
Professor Ferreris (segment "La danza delle ore")
Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Roberta (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Sicario (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
(segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Commissioner (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Doctor (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
The mother-in-law (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
(segment "Giochi acerbi")
Antonio (segment "Giochi acerbi")
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