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The Flower in His Mouth (Italian: Gente di rispetto) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jennifer O'Neill.
Oct 30, 1975 · The Flower in His Mouth: Directed by Luigi Zampa. With Jennifer O'Neill, Franco Nero, James Mason, Orazio Orlando. A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Luigi Zampa
- 1975-10-30
A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way into town. As the mystery unfolds, it becomes clear that the town is hiding some very sinister secrets.
O'Neill's schoolmistress is transferred into a small Sicilian town and on only her 2nd day there is harassed by a pervy bloke trying to crack on to her. The next day the town awakes to find the man dead sat in a chair in the middle of the town square with a flower in his mouth.
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- C. C. Champion
- Luigi Zampa
Director: Luigi Zampa. Synopsis: In this Mafia film set in Sicily, Zampa gives us a very personal vision of this stunning island and its enigmatic people. The mature direction lifts this film well above the level of the average gangster movie. Running Time: 115.
- 3 min
- 866
- Surf Film
Based on the novel by Luigi Pirandello, The Flower in His Mouth is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa. The movie follows the story of a young, beautiful woman named Lisa Venturi (Jennifer O'Neill) who is married to a wealthy and successful businessman, Paolo (Franco Nero).
Not long after her arrival, a man who was seen publicly harassing her is found dead on a chair in the middle of a piazza, with a flower stuck in his mouth. The incident makes her a respected and/or feared celebrity in the town, but soon there is another attack on her - and the attackers meet the same fate.
