In an odyssey redolent of such classics as "Don Quixote" or "Jacques le Fataliste," an Italian army captain, Gassman, blinded in an accidental explosion during maneuvers, journeys to Turin, Genoa, Rome, and Naples with his army-assigned Sancho Panza, Momo. Proud, arrogant, and
aristocratic, the blinded captain turns hyperaesthetic with his handicap; his short-term mission is the seduction and subjection of beautiful women. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and he is eyeless in these oases of pulchritude. Momo, his seeing-eye private, must describe to him the
physical attractions of the women he meets. His other senses sharpened, the captain is suspicious of...
Released:
1974
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins