1962: A woman who is not sad The best feature of this film is the name of one of the writers. How many comedies about adultery later will make Pasquale Festa Campanile. Among them was a lot of adversity, adversity. But not "The Beauty of Hippolyta."
Externally, this is a light, even superficial comedy in the style of the 50s. The film exploits the theme of Italian divorce. Before us flashes scenes from the passionate, saturated with numerous scandals of the life of an Italian family. The focus, of course, is Gina. She, once a cabaret star, is now a regular gas station worker. The position obliges her to be a modest wife. But she cannot accept this state of affairs. Soon, her husband is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. His infidelity with her friend is just the beginning of a long-term war with his wife. And the more they are in opposition to each other, the greater the passion.
The driver of this tape is Gina. She screams, flirts, dances - one sparkling flight. Can a man handle her? And after all, for all its unpretentiousness and genre, the picture turns out to be very deep, accurate, psychologically verified. Not a movie, but a role-playing game. And one of the best roles of Gina.
7 out of 10