Alternately torpid and unintentionally hilarious, HUSBANDS AND LOVERS utterly trivializes the Alberto Moravia novel upon which it is based. Judging from the shiny, healthy tresses of the leads and how self-consciously they toss their manes, you might think this glossy sexual rondelay
were written by Alberto VO5.
Stricken by the chronic ennui that once afflicted the heroines of Antonioni and Resnais, Alina (Joanna Pacula) not only wants her screenwriter husband Stefan (Julian Sands) to condone her affair with pianist Paolo (Tcheky Karyo) but also to indulge her need for honesty by relishing the details of
her vacation from marriage. Obsessed with his wife, Stefa...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins