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What? (1972) | User Rating
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Release Date
Dec 7, 1972 (Italy)
Running Time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Country Italy, France, West Germany
Production Companies
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, Les Films Concordia
Studio Carlo Ponti Productions, Champion Compagnia Cinematografica, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, Films Concordia, PAC
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Other Titles
• What? (1972)
• Che?
• Diary of Forbidden Dreams
• Was?
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Genre: Comedy, Surreal
Tagline: The kinkiest caper of the year!
Plot: In Roman Polanski’s absurd comedy, Nancy, a young American woman (Sydne Rome), is traveling by herself in Italy. After inadvertently hitching a ride with three would-be rapists, she flees and arrives at the home of aging millionaire Joseph Noblart (Hugh Griffith), who lives in a huge mansion by the sea full of eccentric and decidedly lascivious houseguests. Here she is invited to a fish fry by two British Ping-Pong enthusiasts, her leg is painted blue by an overzealous workman, and her clothes are stolen by a strange little man with a harpoon (Polanski himself). Ever curious and astonishingly open-minded, Nancy records each incident in a diary she carries with her at all times and is in constant danger of losing to one of the mansion’s nosy inhabitants. The high point of her visit is her encounter with the decadent Alex (Marcello Mastroianni), a onetime pimp whose favorite pastimes include dressing up as a tiger and having attractive women tame him with a whip. Offbeat, bawdy, and Fellini-esque, DIARY OF FORBIDDEN DREAMS is a relatively lighthearted film, especially considering it constitutes the follow-up to Polanski’s violent adaptation of MACBETH and would be succeeded by the dark neo-noir drama CHINATOWN.
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