I work in the millionaires' quarter, and that's why my hands are in shit. A screen adaptation of Luigi Bruno Di Belmonte's play Ladoni on Water. Sketches from the lives of the rich and famous. Prince and Princess Marescalli are trying to build a residential complex on their land and it does not matter that it is necessary to demolish architectural monuments. Husband and wife take turns in bed influential men, getting their way. Baron in the eighth generation Maurizio Di Vittis goal like a falcon and does not disdain pickpocketing. The Duchess of Santi organizes the kidnapping of her children to extort money from her husband. The wife of tycoon Rappie works part-time in a brothel. Elena Theopoulos dreams of becoming a widow and stops at nothing. All these people spend time together, plot each other, relax, intrigue, spin novels, buy prostitutes of both sexes. And, it would seem, the only thing that poisons their lives is Commissioner Tartanella, who boringly quotes Dante, brings the cream of society to clean water, and generally does not get into his own business. By connecting (the Vatican, the CIA, NATO, New York, and Moscow, though no – Moscow is a bit expensive this season), a group of enemy friends removes the obstacle. It remains only to enjoy and rejoice, but fate is not predictable.
In my opinion, the authors go overboard with moralizing, social envy of the elite and the topic of “crime and punishment”. Screen beauties performed by Zenta Berger, Virna Lizzie and Michelle Mercier are simply charming and most of the film burn through life so delightfully that they do not want to be judged. The film unsurely balances on the verge of social satire, biblical parable, comedy and theater of the absurd. Rich people are also people, and sometimes they cry.
6 out of 10