Tuesday, July 31, 2012

King, Queen, Knave (1972)

Embassy Pictures
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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A bumbling teenage virgin is selected by his rich uncle to take over a successful department store. He dreams about his aunt, the lovely Gina Lollobrigida, who is in an unhappy marriage. She eventually seduces him and they begin a secret and comic love affair. Gina convinces him to murder her husband while vacationing in the south of France, but as usual he bungles it, but not without some surprises. Watch out for that ending! An entertaining flick with occasional directorial flourishes from Skolimowski, but far from his best, mainly because of the unsympathetic characters.

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