
Sotto Sotto
1984

Representation Score
Fair
1973
Director
Nando Cicero
Runtime
100 minutes
Average Rating
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Nando Cicero’s film serves mainly as a transgressive comedy that emphasizes shock value over diverse storytelling. While it effectively breaks down the stability of the traditional nuclear family through themes of infidelity and dysfunction, it does so without broadening its scope to include progressive social issues. The movie excels in challenging conventional domestic hierarchies and gender power dynamics. However, these strengths are undermined by a notable absence of racial and LGBTQ+ diversity, keeping the narrative confined to narrow genre boundaries.
Category Breakdown
The film touches on infidelity and non-traditional relationships but doesn't clearly depict specific LGBTQ or non-cisgender identities. Instead, it focuses on personal betrayals and unconventional bonds.
The female lead demonstrates significant influence by defying traditional domestic roles and prioritizing her romantic partner. The story also delves into power dynamics through a sadomasochistic relationship involving a younger woman.
The cast seems uniform, reflecting the typical makeup of 1970s Italian exploitation films. There is no indication of ethnic diversity or actors playing roles outside their traditional backgrounds.
The story dismantles the idealized Western family by depicting the home as a place of deceit. It questions traditional social roles and moral conventions.
There are no visible or hidden disabilities woven into the character development or storyline.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship.

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