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Liza Reviews

1972
1 hr 40 mins
Comedy
NR

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This Italian drama makes a pathetic attempt at outrageousness and profundity as it chronicles the bizarre relationship between Marcello Mastroianni and the obsessive Catherine Deneuve. The two meet on the Mediterranean island where Mastroianni stays with his dog. Soon after they meet, he and Deneuve become lovers. She proves a jealous lover. Feeling he loves the dog more than he loves her, she kills the beast, dons its collar and begins bringing Mastroianni sticks. Later she follows him off the island to the home of his suicidal wife. Upon their return they avoid French Legionnaires and decorate a Nazi aircraft.

An outlandish look at modern society that has Mastroianni living on a Mediterannean island with his dog in a round cement house. Deneuve comes to the island, the pair meet, and she soon becomes Mastroianni's lover. Jealous of the dog, Deneuve kills it and takes its place, wearing its collar and fetching sticks. It turns out that Mastroianni has a suicidal wife, and when he goes to visit her, Deneuve follows. She brings him back to their island retreat. Before long French Legionnaires are scouting the island for deserters, and the lovers are painting a Nazi airplane pink. A lot of "artistic" nonsense and a waste of time and money.