The Innocent

The Innocent

Visconti's Sensual Epic of a Diabolical Marriage

1976130 min6.9 / 10

A decadent, visually sumptuous portrait of a toxic aristocratic marriage poisoned by jealousy, infidelity, and moral decay in turn-of-the-century Europe.

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

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